Tube train evacuated — man shot

[dc]

A train has been evacuated at Stockwell, passengers heard gunshots and were told to evacuate the train.

An eyewitness has said he saw armed men (plainclothes police?) pursue a man who looked like someone of Pakistani origin onto the train and fire five shots into him, almost certainly killing him.

The shooting of a man at Stockwell has been confirmed by the police.

Comments

[rhionnach.livejournal.com]

If they wanted information killing him would seem to be counterproductive.

[tanngrisnir.livejournal.com]

I think they thought he might have a bomb.

[tanngrisnir.livejournal.com]

Eyewitnesses say the guy who was shot was wearing heavy clothes, not suitable for the weather, so the police may well have thought the guy they were pursuing was carrying explosives.