The police did not act swiftly - only when the man had tried to escape (presumably when he was approaching a tube station enterance) and made a determined effort to reach a tube train was he shot.

I saw a couple of interviews with people on the train - they were terrified, they really did think that they were in danger from a bomber, but they said 'the police' - there seemed to be no doubt, when they were telling the reporter what had happened, that the chasing men were police when they entered the train. Our police are suposed to identify themselves, and it seems from what was said that it is likely they did so.   

I have to 'blame the victim'in this case. He behaved exactly as though his intention was to reach a train and detonate explosives. I don't see how the police can be blamed for his death by anyone who considers how the man behaved in the half hour before he was shot.

Anne