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| US police kill man who was being tracked in terror case | |
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| Boston police have shot and killed a man who was under surveillance as part of a counter-terrorism case. | |
| 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. |
| A spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, who spoke to a family member, identified the man as Usaama Rahim. | |
| Iman Ibrahim Rahim, a religious leader in Boston, had posted to his Facebook page saying his brother was shot in the back while waiting for a bus to bring him to his job, contradicting police reports. | |
| "This morning while at the bus stop in Boston, my youngest brother Usaama Rahim was waiting for the bus to go to his job. He was confronted by three Boston Police officers and subsequently shot in the back three times," Iman Rahim wrote. | |
| Iman Rahim says his brother was speaking on the phone with his father when he was shot. | |
| "His last words to my father who heard the shots were: I can't breathe!" | |
| Officials say the man refused multiple orders to drop his weapon before charging at the officers. | |
| "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.'' |
| At a rainy press conference near the crime scene, Commissioner Evans described the man as in "mid 20s", travelling on foot, and carrying a black "military-style knife". | At a rainy press conference near the crime scene, Commissioner Evans described the 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. | Some US media have reported the weapon as a machete. |
| The suspect was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead. | 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. | The two officers are in hospital to be examined for stress, but did not suffer physical injuries, police said. |