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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler%27s_Ford_shooting>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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