Menezes unit in new death

OFFICERS involved in the fatal shooting of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes took part in another police operation which led to a man being shot dead, it emerged last night.

The men were part of Scotland Yard's specialist CO19 firearms unit which supported Flying Squad detectives as they attempted to stop a suspected armed robbery.

The man, who has not been named, died in hospital after the incident at the Nationwide building society in New Romney, Kent, on Wednesday.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission has already launched an investigation. after taking over an initial inquiry by Kent Police.