Shoot-to-kill policy - No lessons learned from IRA campaign

NOT surprisingly, Britain’s Muslim community is fearful of the shoot-to-kill policy that resulted in the death of an innocent Brazilian not linked to the London terror attacks.

As predicted by this newspaper, that tragic turn of events, which could and should have been avoided, will inevitably set back relations between Muslims and the force.

At a stroke, it will close off vital sources of cooperation and deny police the intelligence they desperately need to combat Islamic fundamentalists.