Events in London - New thread for updates

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for dyzzidi and others wanting to dicuss london as the other one has go 'off topic'

Where on the Harrow Road? I work on the Harrow Road - not in today.

The cctv pictures of all 4 suspects have been on News 24. Also confirmed that the Harrow rd (maida vale-ish I think) search (and 2 other searches that haven't been reported yet) are linked to the incidents yesterday.

kensal green area I think

Queens Park.

Harrow road 'scene' is an internet cafe by a hairdressers and a thai restaurant - does that help at all Sharklet?

Just checked the BBC website - very close to my office. EEEKKK!!! Glad I'm off on hils for a bit!

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just logged on and trying to catch up with the events of today (i'm 6 hours behind you lot) wouuld it be poss for someone to give me a summary of whats happened? thanks

a suspect was shot and killed at stockwell station (south london)
the police are searching 2 properties (I think) one in harrow road and one in kilburn.
Some stations have been shut but re-opened without incident.

the suspect had been under surveillance but had refused to cooperate with police and ran from them he was apprhended and put on the ground where 5/6 shots were fired into his head. He apparently was the bomber from yesterday at the OVAL. Plain clothes offices (special branch?) carried out the shooting with a handgun in front of bystanders on a tube. Eyewitness reports differ some say he had a bomb belt on others say he did not have anything with him.

i don't know the facts, but are you saying they caught the guy and then just killed him on the floor infrontof everybody? omg it sounds a bit unecessary why didn't they just take him into custody rather than shoot him (5 times!!!!)

It was believed he was carrying a bomb and apparently the advice when shooting suicide bombers is to shoot in the head as no explosives are concealed there. If they had shot anywhere else the man may have opportunity so detonate bomb or explosives could be shot so would detonate anyway.

This advise to police has been given in response to suicide bomb threats of late. They are now also ordered to shoot to kill in extreme circumstances to save lives.

I know it sounds extreme but was possibbly the safest way to protact innocent bystanders as well as police officers.

they have been instructed to shoot to kill anyone suspicious. They had given him instructions which he apparently ignored. The police must have feared he had a bomb on him. They had followed him from a house under surveilance (sp?)

i guess you are right (or rather they are i mean) it is so sad that it has all come to this, i know there are always tragic and horrific events going on around us but it just seems the world is falling apart around our ears

I'm with Chicagomum - it is horrifying that we have apparently armed police in London operating a shoot to kill policy. Since when did we bring the death penalty back? When did the police become judge and jury? Terrifying.

Police have arrested 1 man

kid, unless you are a police officer with SO19, I don't think you can say police officers have been told to shoot to kill 'anyone suspicious'.

It's unlikely this shooting was actually carried out by police (far more likely to be some sort of special forces) and there is no way 'normal' police would be given the powers to shoot to kill anyone.

just what I read on the sky news website foxinsocks.

my experience of the police is that as soon as you are under suspicion they act as though you have been proved guilty. You never get any apology later either, when you are shown to be innocent.

Its pretty creepy extrapolating that to a situation where the police can kill someone they suspect of a crime. With results like todays shooting.

wasn't having a go kid just that I do feel a bit sorry for the police in the current climate (I know they chose their job etc. but it can't be easy at the mo) - they are kind of damned if they do, damned if they don't

thats ok foxinsocks, I did think you were having a go to be honest

I know, I could tell but I wasn't, honest guv!

I used to work very near to where your hubbie's store is and my dh is going into central london every day so I know it's making us all v jittery!

Was it that obvious?! I don't usually have arguments on MN, honest!

DH has gone back to work tonight as the alarms are going off. He thinks its the delivery guys that have set them off but he has to go in to check and reset them.

Great - bet you're pleased! I hope you live close enough that the journey isn't a complete and utter pain

He just phoned, there is a problem with the alarm system so he has to wait for an engineer. At least I get to watch BB in peace

I do want him to hurry up home though.