Family of man shot dead on Tube mark 20th anniversary

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The family and friends of Jean Charles de Menezes have gathered outside Stockwell Tube Station in London to mark 20 years since his death. The 27-year-old Brazilian electrician was fatally shot at the station by Metropolitan Police officers as he went to work. He had been mistakenly identified as one of the men directly linked to a failed terrorism attack in the capital the previous day. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I made a promise to my to my cousin so I promise it to me why do I live in London

00:25I will be here each year and I will put a flower to you to pray and think about you

00:55really from the outset it was clear that the Metropolitan Police had made some colossal

01:07mistakes but the two officers who shot him genuinely believed that he was a suicide bomber

01:13about to detonate a bomb it was later compounded by incorrect and misleading press statements

01:23in which it took them several days to correct

01:27thank you thank you

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