An innocent Brazilian man, shot dead by British police who mistook him for a London bombing suspect, had taken a seat on a train and was tackled by a police surveillance officer before being shot, according to an account of events.
British police had claimed that 27-year-old electrician Jean Charles de Menezes didn't obey an order to stop as they tailed him into London's Stockwell underground train station a day after a series of bombs planted on London's transit system failed to fully detonate.
Menezes had emerged from a house that police had under surveillance, believing it was linked to the bombings.
Britain's ITV television news, citing security footage, had claimed that Menezes entered the station at a normal walking pace, stopping to pick up a newspaper.
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The television station claimed that witness accounts included in an investigation report, said Menezes was seated on the train before being shot.
A man sitting opposite Menezes is quoted as saying: "within a few seconds I saw a man coming into the double doors to my left.
"He was pointing a small black handgun towards a person sitting opposite me. He pointed the gun at the right hand side of the man's head. The gun was within 12 inches of the man's head when the first shot was fired."
The report obtained by ITV said while Menezes was shot 8 times, a further 3 bullets were fired but missed. ITV said the documents came from an official investigation into Menezes' death.