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Family of slain Brazilian to meet investigators
The family of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian mistakenly shot dead by police who thought he was a suicide bomber, are due to meet on Thursday with independent investigators probing his death. Police shot Menezes, 27, seven times in the head on July 22 as he boarded an underground train at Stockwell station in south London. They were hunting men behind a botched attack the previous day and believed the electrician had a bomb. On Wednesday the family visited Stockwell station to see the scene of his death and demanded justice for their slain son. "Only Jesus knows our pain and suffering," said a tearful Maria Otone da Menezes, the dead man's mother. "We are here for justice." On Thursday the family are set to meet the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) which is looking into the events that led to the shooting. The incident came the day after four bombers failed in a bid to blow up three underground trains and a bus, and two weeks after suicide bombers killed 52 people in an identical plot.
"We want to see those responsible caught and judged," the dead man's brother Giovani told a news conference. Police have admitted making a mistake and apologised. Early details of a supposedly secret independent inquiry into the killing have revealed a series of communications blunders between police teams with shoot-to-kill authority. The incident, and the way it was handled, deeply embarrassed Blair and his police force, which had initially been praised for its investigations into the attacks. Initial reports from police and witnesses said de Menezes had been wearing a bulky jacket, had vaulted a ticket barrier and run when challenged by officers. But leaked details of evidence submitted to the IPCC suggested all those details were incorrect, provoking an angry response from de Menezes's family who accused the police of lying. Blair admitted the aftermath of the shooting had been mishandled but denied they had tried to mislead the family. Brazil sent investigators to meet British detectives and the IPCC after which the ambassador to London said he had seen no evidence there had been a cover-up. The IPCC investigation is expected to conclude around the end of the year.
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