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Major defends police in shooting
Former Conservative prime minister Sir
John Major has defended police involved
in the fatal shooting of a man in error
at Stockwell Underground Station.
Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de
Menezes was shot dead on Friday after
he was mistaken for a suicide bomber.
Sir John said there should be some
understanding of the "appalling
position" the officers faced in making
the split-second decision to open fire.
"That is an immensely complicated
decision," he said.
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