News background: A male Egyptian who was tailed by plainclothes cops after coming out of a house staked out by anti-terrorist agents ignored police challenge, jumped ticket barrier and on board a train before was shot in head 5 times by a special response unit cop after being held down.

It sparked an uproar as for whether killing a person who later turned out to be clear of any link with terrorists is justifiable. Ethnic communities condemned what they perceived as the outcome of a 'shoot to kill' policy, while Met police denied there was such a policy in place and expressed their regret at the incident.Egyptian authority, after being alerted about the tragedy, demanded an explanation from their UK counterpart.

It is easy to criticize the choice made by cops safe in the knowledge that the man shot dead on the spot was not a feared suicidebomber. Under the circumstance where all imaginable suspicious factors were present( links with bombers of latest attempted attack, unseasonably padded clothes, ignoring police challenge, jumping ticket barrier and onto a train ), the ONLY correct reaction was made with public safety in mind, not meek conformity to gold-heart human rights clauses-and in a split second.

The no-nonsese action taken by the cops is professional and admirable. After two successive terrorist attacks carried out by suicidebombers, public safety agents simply can't afford to have another one while they could thwart it by following procedures dealing with suicidebombers and disabling a potentialbomber in the fastest and most effective way.

Sympathy with the Egyptian's relatives, but the cops did nothing wrong to protect the public at all cost. Any charge brought against the cop who opened fire will be ridiculous and an insult to any one who put their lives on the line to safe-guard public interests.


Frederic Wei
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