I have to say when I first heard one of the eyewitness' describe what he saw on the BBC, I was more than a bit taken aback by how cold blooded the shooting by the police seemed. He stated that the guy was on the floor - tripped or pushed by the police, maybe a combination of both - and that they pounced on him and shot him at extreme close range five times.. Just like that. Blimey. If I was a muslim I would be feeling very nervous if I was wearing a backpack on the underground right now, if we suddenly have a shoot to kill policy by the police and one they are using in such lethally quick ways. The MCB is definitely correct in asking for reasoning by the police.

However, the police have seemingly tracked down a terrorist and even if he has been killed, it is clearly a good thing that someone who would be willing to kill innocent people on a train / bus, is no more.

By the way, to all those gun freaks on the forum, this just shows why you don't need to have guns legalised and a system as we have over here works perfectly. But I don't wanna turn this into a gun thread, they do get quite stale.