The Chandler's Ford shooting was an attempted robbery on 13 September 2007 in which two men were shot dead by officers of London's Metropolitan Police while robbing a cash-in-transit van. The Met had been tracking a gang who had stolen an estimated £500,000 from security vans and learned that the gang intended to rob the HSBC bank in Chandler's Ford. Armed officers hid nearby early in the morning, with snipers in overlooking buildings. Shortly after the G4S van's arrival, a masked Mark Nunes demanded at gunpoint that the guard hand over the cash box. A police sniper shot Nunes in the chest. A second gangster, Andrew Markland, picked up Nunes's gun and was shot twice by another sniper. Officers gave first aid but both men died. An IPCC investigation concluded that the snipers had acted properly, though it found flaws in the planning. An inquest reached a verdict of lawful killing, after which the IPCC recommended that an independent firearms commander be appointed to lead future operations.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1821:
The Treaty of Córdoba was signed, ratifying the Plan of Iguala and concluding the Mexican War of Independence with Spain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_C%C3%B3rdoba
1921:
The Royal Navy's R.38, the world's largest airship at the time, was destroyed by a structural failure over Hull, killing 44 of the 49 crew aboard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R38-class_airship
1941:
Adolf Hitler ordered the suspension of the T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and disabled, although killings continued in secret for the remainder of World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktion_T4
2006:
The International Astronomical Union redefined the term planet, thus reclassifying Pluto as a dwarf planet due to not having "cleared the neighbourhood" around its orbit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAU_definition_of_planet
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
bandura: (music) A Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a tear-shaped body, like an asymmetrical lute or a vertical zither, which is played with both hands while held upright on the lap. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bandura
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
As I think of the many myths, there is one that is very harmful, and that is the myth of countries. --Jorge Luis Borges https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jorge_Luis_Borges