Born Brazil. Electrician. Shot dead in a tube carriage by counter-terrorist police officers hunting for would-be suicide bombers who had attempted to attack the London transport system the day before. He had been incorrectly identified as one of the bombers and the police followed him from his Tulse Hill flat, on to a bus, another bus, and thence to the tube where specialist firearm officers pinned him down and shot him 9 times at close range. Investigations into the shooting failed to pin the blame on anyone. Details about the campaign .
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Jean Charles de Menezes
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Jean Charles de Menezes
Unveiled on what would have been Menezes' 32nd birthday. This replaced the p...
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Karolina Gluck
Karolina Anna Gluck was born on 24 November 1975 in Chorzow, Poland, with her twin sister Magda Gluck. She came to the UK in 2002 to live with her sister who had already come to London. She lived i...
3 memorials
Mehdi El-Wahabi
Mehdi El-Wahabi was born on 22 February 2009, the youngest of the three children of Abdulaziz El-Wahabi (1964- 2017) and Faouzia El-Wahabi née Rami (b. circa 1975). He had two siblings, His broth...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Dorothy 'Cherry' Groce
Shooting victim. She was shot by the Metropolitan Police, on 28 September 1985, while they were searching for her son who was suspected of firearm offences. This led to the 1985 Brixton riot. She w...
1 memorial
Yosef Gutfreund
Wrestling coach. Born Yosef (or Yossef) Gutfreund in Romania. He was part of the Israeli team at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. He was awakened by Palestinian terrorists infiltrating the Olympic...
Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Romania
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