[lbo-talk] London police shot South American?

[Carl Remick]

>>The BBC have just identified him as a Brazilian.
>
>Reportedly Jean Charles de Menezes, a 27-year-old electrician who had been 
>living in London for the last three years.

Telegraph:  "It is believed that Mr de Menezes, who is thought to have 
spoken good English, may have been working illegally in Britain for up to 
four years. He is thought to have panicked when confronted by armed men as 
he was about to buy a Tube ticket ..."

<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/24/nshot24.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/07/24/ixportaltop.html>

Carl