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Officers may face charges over Tube shooting

Jean Charles de Menezes - Shot dead at Stockwell - Tube Station
Jean Charles de Menezes - Shot dead at Stockwell - Tube Station

Police officers who shot dead a Brazilian man in London could face criminal charges.

Jean Charles de Menezes was killed at Stockwell Tube Station last July by officers from the Metropolitan police anti-terrorist squad. 

The officers had mistaken him for a suicide bomber.

Today the Chairman of Britain's Independent Police Complaints Commission, Nick Hardwick, said a report on the incident would probably be sent to the Crown Prosecution Service.