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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Margaret Davis & Liam Buckler

Man who died after tasered by police and jumping into Thames was carrying firelighter

A man who died after being tasered by police and then jumped into the Thames was carrying a firelighter, a watchdog has said.

Footage of the incident on social media had shown Oladeji Adeyemi Omishore, 41, being tasered before running over to the side of Chelsea Bridge and jumping over the barrier into the River Thames.

He was initially reported to have been in possession of a screwdriver when police officers were called to the bridge in west London on June 4.

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