Next question: Who was shot at Canary Wharf?
Eyewitnesses: Two men shot in London
"TV 2/NEWS have just spoken with Marianne Jørgensen who is employed by the Access Flooring Company in London. She has learned through co-workers in the company that two suspected suicide-bombers have been shot and killed at Canary Wharf.
?They called one of our presidents and told him that they have witnessed two men being shot ? deliberately, by police or soldiers?, Marianne Jørgensen told to TV 2/NEWS."
-- Danish TV
At 12.18am on 7th July Gus posts on the Ceroc Scotland online Forum that the incident was serious enough to:
- Prevent anybody entering or leaving Canary Wharf for six hours
- Instruct staff to keep away from the windows
- Deploy large numbers of police and/or army personnel to Canary Wharf
- Cut off internet access.
New Zealand Herald:
"A New Zealander working for Reuters in London says two colleagues witnessed the unconfirmed shooting by police of two apparent suicide bombers outside the HSBC tower at Canary Wharf in London.
The New Zealander, who did not want to be named, said the killing of the two men wearing bombs happened at 10.30am on Thursday (London time).
Following the shooting, the 8000 workers in the 44-storey tower were told to stay away from windows and remain in the building for at least six hours, the New Zealand man said.
He was not prepared to give the names of his two English colleagues, who he said witnessed the shooting from a building across the road from the tower."
First we have numerous reports of military grade explosives:
www.dailykos.com/story/2005/07/19/131953/-Explosives-Used-in-London-Bombings-originated-in-the-Balkans
"Traces of military plastic explosive, more deadly and efficient than commercial varieties is understood to have been found in the debris of the wrecked Underground carriages and the bus.
Scotland Yard has asked its counterparts around Europe to check stockpiles at military bases and building sites for missing explosives."
Next we have large numbers of reports that suspected suicide bombers were shot outside Canary Wharf. Here's another one:
"Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper reported an unconfirmed incident of police shooting a bomber outside the HSBC tower.
Canadian Brendan Spinks, who works on the 18th floor of the tower, said he saw a "massive rush of policemen" outside the building after London was rocked by the bombings."
And another:
"On Thursday 7th July, a suspected suicide bomber was shot dead by police marksman outside Canary Wharf, the financial district of London. It is believed he was 'neutralized' outside the Credit Suisse First Boston bank. Police are 'probing'.
The 'suicide bomber' is believed to have been part of a co-ordinated team of other suicide bombers. The alleged bomber was killed on the same day of the central London terror attacks. The source article gives little information."
-- Short News
Plenty of people online claim that they remember clearly BBC News 24 reporting on the Canary Wharf incident. Radio 5 reported it too. Dozens of news outlets around the world reported on it. Canary Wharf tenants, after all, include major newspaper firms including The Independent, Reuters, and the Daily Mirror.
So why was this incident entirely airbrushed out of the official story?