Police: Man shot 'not connected' to bombings

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by bretonbanquet

What that report doesn't make clear is that the train was full of people at the time, and they saw the guy get shot four or five times in the head. People here aren't even used to police carrying guns, let alone blowing someone away on a train in full view. You just don't expect it to happen while you're travelling to work in the morning. I use that tube line a lot and I don't know how I would have dealt with seeing someone get offed like that while I'm standing there minding my own business.

Another point is that the police were plain-clothed, so onlookers were not immediately aware that they were police. My hunch is that they were not ordinary police, or even SO19 (the armed section of the police who normally carry rifles not pistols) - maybe they were SAS, and those guys have no compunction about killing anyone at any time.

Interesting...and very disturbing. Thanks for that info. That's absolutely horrible that the train was full of people. I really cannot imagine how it was to be one of them.