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More bombings in London yesterday and today an Asian man was shot dead on the tube by police in a busy carraige, full of tube passengers.

A passenger on the tube at Stockwell station saw it happen in front of his eyes. He later commented “I saw the gun being fired five times into the guy - he is dead,” he said.”

Another passenger on the train, Anthony Larkin, told BBC News the man had been wearing a “bomb belt with wires coming out”.

There are speculations that the man shot may have been one of the people responsible for the bombings yesterday, and was being hunted by the police.

Yesterday I was speaking with some collegues, and I suggested that “they” (the terrorists) have not yet won the war, but are winning. They have already made London security a joke.

There is nothing governments or police can do against these kinds of bombers. If someone wants to detonate a bomb, and kill themselves at the same time, then there is nothing police can do.

The only way they can keep security is to stop and search all people.

A security expert on BBC this lunchtime has said the rules of engagement with respect to terrorism and in particular suicide bombers have changed.

The only way to stop these people is with the newly applied “shoot to kill” powers. It is not the most humane plan, but what else do you do?

The only question then is that the police must be 110% sure that the person they shoot dead is a suicide bomber.

If not they risk creating an even larger rift between these communities and mainstream communities.

The only real answer to this is education and some compassion to people. Educate them as to why they do not have to carry out these acts.

This morning I heard on radio that the English government are creating “Police Cells” to patrol and enter these fringe communities and bring these radicals back into mainstream life.

This will take time, and we may see more deaths, but it is the only way. These people do not value their own lives, so why should they value others?