Jean Charles De Menezes

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Jean Charles De Menezes
Jean Charles De Menezes dead body lies on the train at Stockwell tube station

Jean Charles De Menezes (born 1978) was a Brazilian migrant electrician who was shot and killed by armed officers at Stockwell Tube station on 22 July 2005 after being mistaken for Hussein Osman - one of the four 21/7 bombers.

He was shot 7 times in the head and once in the shoulder. Nobody has ever been held responsible for his death.[1]

His death was the first under the 2001 Operation Kratos strategy.

The death and reporting of the tragedy of Menezes' shooting, argued his lawyers, was wrapped in a shroud of misinformation.<ref>Harriet Wistrich and Gareth Peirce, Press Statement 2: Response to the evidence made public during the last 24 hours as to the true circumstances of the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, 17 August 2005, accessed 06.09.10<ref>

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