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Whitefalls · July 23, 2005, 03:10 PM

One news report made it sound like they shot him after tackling him... basically 5 shots point blank... so I'm not sure what really went down. Either way the bad guy is 6 feet under, so good game brits.

Also, as of yesterday, the British police have temporarily changed their policy in respect to shooting at suspects. Usually they have a "shoot to stop" policy. However, the news reported that they have changed that and now when shooting at suspects linked to terrorism, they are instructed to "shoot to kill". Mainly because the suspects they're chasing are suicide bombers... you can't exactly take them down quietly. They have a tendency to explode.

July 23, 2005, 03:10 PM	#4
Whitefalls Senior Member Join Date: January 25, 2005 Posts: 166	One news report made it sound like they shot him after tackling him... basically 5 shots point blank... so I'm not sure what really went down. Either way the bad guy is 6 feet under, so good game brits. Also, as of yesterday, the British police have temporarily changed their policy in respect to shooting at suspects. Usually they have a "shoot to stop" policy. However, the news reported that they have changed that and now when shooting at suspects linked to terrorism, they are instructed to "shoot to kill". Mainly because the suspects they're chasing are suicide bombers... you can't exactly take them down quietly. They have a tendency to explode.