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June 3, 2015

Officers Shoot Dead Man on Terror Watchlist in Boston 
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Boston police have shot dead a man they say was being monitored for
terrorism and who tried to attack two officers. Police say an officer
and FBI agent approached 26-year-old Usaama Rahim for questioning when
he lunged at them with a knife. A relative has disputed the account,
saying Rahim was talking on the phone to his father when officers shot
him in the back three times. Announcing the killing, Boston Police
Commissioner William Evans said the officers were forced to open fire.

Boston Police Commissioner William Evans: "We have video depicting this
individual coming at officers while the officers are retreating. The
individual in question has what can be described as a large military
knife. The officers are retreating, and that's from the video we have
available as well as witnesses' account. And they kept retreating,
verbally giving commands to drop the weapon, drop the weapon. And at
some point, the individual's proximity came close that the officers were
in danger, their lives were in danger, when two officers discharged
their weapons."

 

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