Police cordoned off a 200-metre area around the station
A man shot dead by police hunting the bombers behind Thursday's London attacks was unconnected to the incidents, police have confirmed. The man was killed in Stockwell Tube station in an incident described by Scotland Yard as a "tragedy".
Two other men have been arrested and are being questioned after bombers targeted three Tube trains and a bus.
Police have also raided a house in Streatham Hill, south London, in connection with the failed attacks.
'Horrendous consequences'
A Scotland Yard statement read: "We believe we now know the identity of the man shot at Stockwell Underground station by police on Friday 22nd July 2005, although he is still subject to formal identification.
"We are now satisfied that he was not connected with the incidents of Thursday 21st July 2005.
"For somebody to lose their life in such circumstances is a tragedy and one that the Metropolitan Police Service regrets."
The statement confirmed the man had been followed by police from a house in Tulse Hill that was under surveillance.
His death is being investigated by officers from the MPS Directorate of Professional Standards, and will be referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
John O'Connor, former commander of the Met Police, told the BBC the consequences of the shooting were likely to be "quite horrendous".
He said he expected officers to face criminal charges, and other officers could even refuse to carry weapons.
But Shami Chakrabarti, director of human rights group Liberty, said it was too early to judge what the effects would be.
She called for a "prompt, comprehensive and independent investigation".
Arrests
Police announced on Saturday evening they have raided another property in south London.
Residents of the street in Streatham Hill, near Brixton, told how armed police ordered them to stay in their homes while they cordoned off the area.
There do not appear to have been any arrests.
Police arrested one man after a raid on a block of flats in Stockwell
Two men are still being held at Paddington Green police station, central London, in connection with Thursday's attacks.
The first man was arrested at around 1630 BST on Friday during a raid on a block of flats near to Oval and Stockwell Tube stations.
Eyewitnesses said he was led away with a woman and child.
The second man was arrested late on Friday night, also in the Stockwell area.
Both are being held under anti-terrorism legislation which gives police 14 days before they have to bring charges.
CCTV images
Scotland Yard said they had been contacted by over 500 members of the public following the release of CCTV footage of four suspects.
Detectives said they were hopeful of useful lines of inquiry coming from the calls and e-mails.
Three devices found after the failed bombings were the same size and weight as those used in the suicide attacks of 7 July, which killed scores.
The fourth was smaller, apparently contained in a plastic box. The same chemicals appear to have been used.
They targeted Oval, Warren Street and Shepherd's Bush stations and a bus in Hackney.
The Hammersmith and City line train was removed from Shepherd's Bush station on Saturday afternoon.
Transport for London said it hoped to have trains running on the line from Paddington to Hammersmith on Saturday evening.
OK fine, you lot are getting serious about this, and yes, I read that the police officers were all white, having spoken to people who have spoken to the police also, who told me the same, but im not trying to be rasict at all...
OK fine, you lot are getting serious about this, and yes, I read that the police officers were all white, having spoken to people who have spoken to the police also, who told me the same, but im not trying to be rasict at all...
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Where did you read this, because I have not?
What people have you talked to?
I did not suggest that you were TRYING to be racist.
LOL, they are hierachys within the police, and yeah, i was just guessing, they may have been blacks or asians, but I am guessing that they were all white...
LOL, they are hierachys within the police, and yeah, i was just guessing, they may have been blacks or asians, but I am guessing that they were all white...
Relatives and friends of an innocent man shot dead by UK police on the Tube on Friday have marched in his home town in Brazil demanding arrests be made.
Jean Charles de Menezes, 27, was shot eight times at Stockwell station after he was mistaken for a suicide bomber.
Tony Blair has said he is "desperately sorry" but urged people to support the police in "difficult circumstances" in the wake of the London bombings.
The hundreds of protesters in Gonzaga said the apology did not go far enough.
The Landless Rural Workers' Movement said it would demonstrate on Tuesday in front of the British Embassy in Brasilia and the consulate in Rio de Janeiro.....
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"Believers see their sins as if they were sitting at the foot of a mountain and feared that it may fall on them, while the corrupt see their sins as if they were a mere fly that flew by their nose."
you know what the U.K police did was not very smart. Infact, it was the opposite of being smart. They were being stupid. Instead of running the man down like a bunch of animals instead they have scared him away. If they were smart police they would've approached him swiflty in a calm manner instead of like a bunch of wolves. Now, the U.K police have to pay the price and they don't have a reason for why they killed him they had actually killed a foreigner. so what can they say about that? nothing. Incoming the next few days they better not be surprised if there are more attacks.
lol...no because if he saw them running to him, his first impact would be to blow everyone up by pulling the device so then everyone surrounding him would be dead. So obviously he wasn't a suicide-bomber.
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