Jean Charles da Silva e de Menezes ( pronounced in Brazilian Portuguese ; 7 January 1978 – 22 July 2005 ) was a Brazilian man killed by officers of the London Metropolitan Police Service at Stockwell station on the London Underground , after he was wrongly deemed to be one of the fugitives involved in the previous day 's failed bombing attempts . These events took place two weeks after the London bombings of 7 July 2005 , in which 52 people were killed
London bombings of 7 July 2005
7 July 2005 London bombings
Death of Jean Charles de Menezes