DE MENEZES FAMILY VISIT STOCKWELL STATION
Supported by her son, Brazilian Maria Otone de Menezes visits the shrine of her son 27-year-old Jean-Charles de Menezes who was mistakenly identified as a suicide bomber and shot seven times by British Metropolitan police at the time of the terrorist attacks in London on Wednesday September 28, 2005. The family have come to London to seek answers and justice for their dead son. (UPI Photo/Hugo Philpott)
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