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August 21, 2005
Public Inquiry Into de Menezes Execution Likely
Jack Kirkup, political correspondent for Scotsman.com reported August 22, 2005, that "A full-scale public inquiry into the Metropolitan Police's shoot-to-kill policy came a step closer yesterday as the row [in England] over the death of Jean Charles de Menezes intensified."
"The Liberal Democrats became the first major political party to back a formal inquiry into the Met's firearms policy since the London bombings, and the government indicated ministers are open to the prospect of a statutory inquiry," he wrote, adding: "A public inquiry would be likely to have a much a wider scope than that being conducted by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)." Here's more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at August 21, 2005 10:14 PM
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