Remembrance & Memorials : Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes

4WardEverUK • 12 January 2025

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published: 12 January 2025

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From all of our hundreds of Remembrance Calendar entries, we particularly feature certain cases that were of notable historical significance.


Jean Charles De Menezes


Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead by armed police on 22nd July 2005, who mistakenly linked him to the four attempted bombings of the previous day. He was shot at least eight times (at least 7 shots were to his head) at close range in Stockwell Tube station.


Initial reports claimed that wearing a heavy padded jacket he was chased by armed officers and gunned down in a Tube carriage after he allegedly refused calls to stop, and vaulted ticket barriers.


It later emerged that this account of what happened was far from accurate, and that the unsuspecting Jean Charles was restrained by a number of officers once seated on a train, and was shot several times to the head. This has prompted many questions from the family and supporters.

Friends and family of Jean Charles de Menezes - the innocent man shot dead by police in the aftermath of the 7/7 bombings - have held a memorial service to mark the 10th anniversary of his death.


The family of the Brazilian electrician say they're still fighting for justice, and still want police officers to be prosecuted over the shooting.


Home Affairs Correspondent Nick Beake reports

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair, amid calls for his resignation, was also quizzed about claims that Scotland Yard had resisted the launch of an independent probe into the shooting. Jean Charles' family accused Met police Chief Sir Ian Blair of lying about aspects of the shooting, and attempting a cover-up.


Jean Charles was born a Brazilian national in 1978. Originally from the town of Gonzaga, 500 miles northeast of Sao Paulo in the south-eastern state of Minas Gerais in Brazil.


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