Anti-terror cop's bomb fear for son; INQUEST.Byline: By JON CLEMENTS THE police chief in charge of investigating the London bombings said yesterday he feared his 16-year-old son had been killed by the blasts. Peter Clarke, former head of the Metropolitan Police's anti-terrorist unit, also said his wife suffered from shock after they lost contact with the teenager on July 7, 2005. Mr Clarke's son was at King's Cross station just after a tube train blew up, the Jean Charles de Menezes Jean Charles de Menezes (7 January 1978–22 July 2005) was a Brazilian national living in the Tulse Hill area of south London. De Menezes was shot dead at Stockwell tube station on the London Underground by unnamed Metropolitan Police officers. inquest inquest, in law, a body of men appointed by law to inquire into certain matters. The term also refers to the inquiry itself as well as to the findings of the inquiry. heard. In a phone call his parents told him to take a bus to get away. A blast then hit a No 30 bus near King's Cross and Mr Clarke could not reach his son for some time afterwards af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. afterwards or afterward Adverb later [Old English æfterweard] Adv. 1. . Mr Clarke told the inquest at London's Oval cricket ground that after the 7/7 bombs the Met launched an unprecedented operation and high-profile buildings were sealed off in a "lock down". Police shot dead innocent Jean Charles, 27, on 22 July. The hearing continues. CAPTION(S): WORRIED Peter Clarke |
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