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| Terror police shoot man dead in Boston | Terror police shoot man dead in Boston |
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| Anti-terror police have shot and killed a man who was under surveillance in a car park in Boston. | Anti-terror police have shot and killed a man who was under surveillance in a car park in Boston. |
| Police say he attacked officers with a large knife after being approached by a Boston police officer and an FBI agent. | Police say he attacked officers with a large knife after being approached by a Boston police officer and an FBI agent. |
| The shooting took place early on Tuesday morning outside a CVS pharmacy in the residential Roslindale neighbourhood of Boston. | The shooting took place early on Tuesday morning outside a CVS pharmacy in the residential Roslindale neighbourhood of Boston. |
| Officials have not yet released the man's identity or the reason he was under surveillance. | Officials have not yet released the man's identity or the reason he was under surveillance. |
| "Our officers tried their best to get him to put down the knife,'' Boston Police Commissioner William B Evans told the Boston Globe newspaper. | "Our officers tried their best to get him to put down the knife,'' Boston Police Commissioner William B Evans told the Boston Globe newspaper. |
| "Unfortunately, they had to take a life.'' | "Unfortunately, they had to take a life.'' |
| Officials say the man refused multiple orders to drop his weapon before charging at the officers. | |
| At a rainy press conference near the crime scene, Commissioner Evans described man as in "mid 20s", travelling on foot, and carrying a black "military-style knife". | |
| Some US media have reported the weapon as a machete. | |
| The suspect was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead. | |
| The two officers are in hospital to be examined for stress, but did not suffer physical injuries, police said. |