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Family of Killed Brazilian Man Rejects Blair Apology

HeadlineMar 10, 2006

Here in Britain, the police killing of an innocent Brazilian man who was mistaken to be a suicide bomb is back in the news this week. On Thursday, Prime Minister Tony Blair discussed the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes shortly after a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. But the family of Menezes said they would “never accept” Blair’s apology. Menezes’ cousin Alex Pereira said: “I won’t accept Blair’s apology because he’s killing people–he apologised but at the same time they will still carry on with their shoot-to-kill policy.”

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