http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4713753.stm Quote:
Police shot Brazilian eight times
Mr Menezes had been in London for more than three years
The man mistaken for a suicide bomber by police was shot eight times, an inquest into his death has heard.
Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, 27, was shot seven times in the head and once in the shoulder, at Stockwell Tube station, south London, on Friday.
Det Insp Elizabeth Baker revealed the details at a hearing in London.
Security sources have said Mr Menezes had been in the UK on an out-of-date student visa, but his family deny this and are considering suing the police.
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Once it was reported that no bomb was found on the subject, I wondered just what would have made anyone jump the turnstile and run. It was a foolish thing to do - better to be deported. With the backlog in processing it could have been years of appeals and such before he was actually deported.