Britain: A man shot by British police in a bungled counter-terrorism raid on his house in London earlier this month is more than likely to sue for compensation, his lawyer said yesterday.
Lawyer Gareth Peirce said 23-year-old Mohammed Abdul Kahar was still recovering from the shooting and that he and his family have suffered a series of "practical nightmares" since police staged the June 2nd raid.
Kahar and his brother, Abul Koyair - both British Muslims - were arrested in the raid. Mr Peirce said they were considering whether to seek legal compensation from the police.
London's Metropolitan Police have been accused of a series of errors after launching the huge raid on the house in the ethnically mixed Forest Gate area of east London. No bomb was found in the house search and the brothers were released without charge on Friday, after a week in custody.
It is the second embarrassing counter-terrorism operation in which British police have shot someone. In July 2005, they shot dead a Brazilian man wrongly identified as a suicide bomber.
Police have apologised for the raid's disruption and say they had "no choice" but to act on "very specific intelligence".
Around 150 Muslim campaigners protested yesterday outside New Scotland Yard at what they called "rising Islamophobia".
Protesters carried banners asking "How intelligent is your intelligence?" and calling for "Justice for Muslims".