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Met Police marksman who shot Jean Charles de Menezes after 7/7 London bombings speaks for first time

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Jean Charles de Menezes , 27 , was killed a fortnight after the 7/7 London bombings.

He was shot seven times by police marksmen in Stockwell Tube station in south London .

Now one of the marksman who shot him says he was certain "we were going to die" if he did not act.

The officer, known only as C12 , said the way he stood up had "triggered" his head.

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