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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alexander Butler

Who was Jean Charles de Menezes? The man mistaken for a terrorist and shot dead by police in 2005

Jean Charles de Menezes was shot and killed by armed police after being mistaken for a terrorist - (Metropolitan Police/PA Wire)

In his thrice-weekly phone calls home, Jean Charles de Menezes told his mother he was safe and happy in London. The police did not even carry guns, he said.

But on the morning on 22 July 2005, Mr de Menezes was shot seven times in the head and killed by armed police as he traveled to work on the Tube.

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