Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes (2025) s01e02 Episode Script

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[woman over PA]
The next station is Shepherd's Bush.
The next station is Warren Street.
Doors will open on your left hand side.
The next station is Oval.
Station.
- [bags exploding]
- [people screaming]
- Get out of there! Get off! Get out!
- [all clamouring]
- [groaning]
- What have you done?
- What have you just done?
- It hasn't It hasn't worked.
Is that a fucking bomb?
No! It's It It's bread.
It's just bread.
I don't know what has happened.
It's just bread in there.
If you want me to help you,
lie down on the floor.
[man on PA] This train will now
be delayed at the next station.
- Fuck.
- Lie on the floor and I will help you.
[Mohammed] I don't know
what has happened.
Would the person who pulled
the emergency lever
please make themselves known.
Yes, it was me.
I pulled the lever.
There was an explosion.
[woman over PA]
The next station is Oval.
Hello? Listen to me.
Don't open the doors.
The guy who did this
is still on the train.
Don't open the doors.
Don't open the fucking No!
Stop that
Stop that man! Stop him! He's a bomber!
Stop that man!
- Stop him!
- Fuck!
[woman over PA]
The next station is Shepherd's Bush.
Please mind the gap.
This bus terminates here.
-Please to your journey.
- What was that upstairs?
Fucking open the doors! Please get us out!
[groaning in pain]
[man] Hey, who the hell are you?
- [panting]
- [man] Call the police! Stop him!
[grunting]
Stop him!
[news reporters] Half past twelve,
something has just exploded
on the train
as terror hit London's
transport system once again.
London's Northern tube line.
At exactly the same time,
underground passengers
smelled something
The capital had been targeted
in what appears to be another
two weeks to the day
London was rocked by terrorism,
the capital's streets are again reduced
to this. Panic and confusion.
[Hayman] Four explosions.
Three on tube trains, one on a bus.
Tim, take a seat please.
That's the exact same pattern
as two weeks ago.
It now seems clear
this is also a coordinated attack.
What casualties?
[Hayman] Well, we've got reports
of smoke and chaos,
explosions like fireworks going off,
scaring the shit out of everybody,
but so far no deaths or injuries.
[Ian Blair] So, what's going on here?
Is it some sort of stunt?
We don't think so.
In each case, the explosions,
they came from rucksacks
carried by men
of African-Somalian appearance.
And the witnesses, they're reporting
a thick bubbling liquid
with a foul smell oozing from them.
The same stuff as the Leeds bomb factory?
Precisely.
I think what is more likely
is that these were proper bombs,
like the ones two weeks ago,
but for some reason the main explosives
didn't go off, just the detonators.
So where are they?
If the people who did this
were suicide bombers who didn't die,
where are they now?
[news reporter] Londoners are being urged
to fight back against
the latest terrorist threats
by continuing to use the transport system
and working normally.
[Tony Blair] The police have done their
very best, and the security services too,
in the situation.
And I think
we've just got to react calmly.
They feel that there is a need
to stand firm
in the face of the terrorists
and the bombers.
And they know that, so far, public opinion
has been very supportive
of the Prime Minister.
But of course, in times like this,
that could change.
Public opinion could be volatile,
particularly if this turns out
to be a prolonged campaign.
We are witnessing
a sense of panic this time
which wasn't evident two weeks ago.
Yes, but that's because last time
the public didn't know what was going on.
This time, they do.
I have a press conference later today,
an opportunity to try and project
some calmness.
Situation under control.
I suppose we should assume that the people
that did this will try again?
We've agreed with the Prime Minister
this morning that with immediate effect,
the threat level to the UK will be raised
from severe to critical.
[news reporter]
Because these bombs did not explode,
and the reason for that may well tell
police something significant
about the organization
or skill of the bombers,
a welter of clues has been left behind
because nothing has been destroyed.
One thing that makes a difference though
- the bombers are still alive
- [mobile ringing]
[Osman over phone] Hello?
- Yeshi? It's me.
- What happened?
It went wrong.
Muktar must have fucked up the mixture.
Where are you now?
Wandsworth, on the High Street.
I need you to come and get me.
I'm with my brother,
we will come and find you.
What the fuck happened?
- I don't know.
- Fuck you, Muktar!
You're the one who went to training camp.
We just did what you told us.
You fucking idiot!
You got the mixture wrong,
and they didn't go off!
Did they all fail?
From what they're saying on the news.
Although, they're only talking
about four explosions, not five.
Fuck! I'm so thirsty.
So, what do we do now?
We know we have four explosions.
Well, four attempted explosions,
but it's still pretty unclear
as to what's happened.
I can tell you that the Met Police
and the emergency services
are getting control
over a very confused scene
but, clearly,
this is a very serious incident.
I have a couple of messages
I need to give.
The first is that the transport system
will be closed down for a while.
The second is that it is very important
for Londoners, and people in London,
to stay where they are for the time being.
Thank you.
[reporters clamouring]
Mr. Blair! Mr. Blair!
[Kate] The substance is bubbling,
it looks quite unstable to me
What's the problem?
Yeah, as soon as I tried to move that bag,
the mixture started heating up.
[Todd] It's a thermal reaction.
The chemicals involved are reacting
to greater exposure to the air.
Well, the mixture's similar
to the Leeds mixture,
but it's not exactly the same.
It's a different colour for starters.
Right, we're gonna have to back off
and come up with another plan.
This stuff is extremely unstable.
It could react violently at any moment.
All right, move the cordon back.
Get everybody off the platform.
It's reacting.
Yes, it's dangerous.
We don't even know what it is.
Okay. So, just remove it
and let the forensics guys do their work.
[Todd over phone] Removing it
is what's causing the problem.
It's incredibly unstable.
Right, I just need some more time
to come up with a different strategy.
- How long?
- Until the end of the day.
No, no. You haven't got it. Come on.
- Cliff, we need to get in that carriage.
- [scoffs]
There is evidence in there
that will help us identify these guys
before they do something else.
This stuff is dangerous.
You're not listening to me.
The whole of London
The whole fucking country
is waiting for you to do your job.
[mobile beeps]
"In the meeting I had
with the Prime Minister yesterday,
"I raised the issue of maximizing
the legal protection for officers
"who had to take decisions in relation
to people believed to be suicide bombers.
"This is clearly a fast-time
decision-making process
"in which officers cannot risk
the kind of containment
"and negotiation tactics
that would normally be the case."
And this is to the Home Office?
To the permanent secretary
John Gieve, yes.
"The only choice an officer may have
may be to shoot to kill
"in order to prevent the detonation
of a device."
We must put them on notice
of possible Operation KRATOS scenarios.
Sorry, sir.
Erm, you're gonna have to go back out
in front of the cameras.
- You are joking.
- It's the train drivers, sir.
TFL's just been on the phone saying
if they think your message
applies to them too,
they will stay at home
and the whole tube system
will grind to a halt.
But I've just been on.
I'll look like an idiot!
Sake!
This is a complete bloody farce.
[Todd] Okay, we don't try
and move it all in one go.
We take small sections,
put them in the anti-static bags,
don't seal them,
put them in the plastic containers
surrounded by water.
[Kate] It's gonna take a long time.
I don't care. That's how we're doing this.
[Kate] Okay.
[tense music playing]
[news reporters] The Metropolitan police
are under immense pressure today
as they deploy armed police officers
The atmosphere this afternoon
will be much more to do with
how do we deal with the nervousness
that this will cause.
Like how do we find out whether this
is some kind of hoax set of bombs,
who might have done it.
It'll be much more
Blair insisted Iraq was not the cause
of the London bombings.
And that militant Islam must be faced down
both here and across the world.
I don't think there are any problems.
I think, should be, like,
pretty much straightforward.
You know, like, two alarms each flat.
Job done.
So, what do you think? Happy?
Yeah, yeah. We might have to run
some trunking into the corners.
- But yeah, no problem.
- Mmm-hmm.
Okay, I need to check with the office,
but as far as I'm concerned,
I'm more than happy to press the button.
- Sounds good for me.
- All right, great.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, thank you, fantastic guys,
thank you.
- Boom.
- Yeah.
[Gesio in Portuguese] Here's the thing
the way things are going,
and with us just closing on this contract,
you'll soon be renting your own place.
No need to share
with your cousins anymore.
Yeah, that's good mate, but
you know I've been thinking
of going back to Brazil?
I've been here for three years already.
Back to Brazil? You're kidding, mate?
In the future
maybe I'd like to have a family in Brazil,
you know?
I've also been talking to Adriana.
Adriana?
I know what you're thinking,
but it's not only because of Adriana.
We've been talking about opening
an electrical business in São Paulo.
Hmm, electrical
You'll see, it's going to be the shit.
But we still have work to do here
and we need to finish all this, you know?
Before you go back.
I know, yeah.
Speaking of which,
we need to finish this job tomorrow.
- What time?
- 7 am.
Come on, Gesio. Don't fuck with me.
Listen, I'm working
at a restaurant tonight.
I'm going to finish super late.
I'm covering for my friend
who's on holiday.
Also, there was all the chaos on the tube
this morning.
I'm sure services
will be shit tomorrow, mate.
Go easy on me, mate.
Nine o'clock.
Okay, okay, I'll get there
as soon as I can, alright?
Nine.
Fuck's sake.
[in English] Okay,
it's safe to go in there now.
[officer] Thanks, Chief.
I got a message for your boss.
Tell him I did my bloody job, okay?
Hey, Olu! How's it going, man?
Sumaila, what's up?
I'm good, I'm good. How are things?
- It's okay, you know. Makin' a livin'.
- Yeah?
Listen, Olu, I need a favour.
[chuckles] No. Whatever it is, no.
I just need a place to stay tonight, yeah?
I got myself into a situation
and I need some space.
- What kind of a situation?
- It doesn't matter. It's okay. It's okay.
- No, I don't want no walla.
- Please, I promise, just tonight, man.
- Please. Please.
- I'm sorry, Sumaila.
I'm a married man now.
She's at home by herself with the baby.
I can't do it.
Look, I'll wait for you, yeah?
Go home with you when you finish.
It's not gonna happen, Sumaila.
Them days are behind me now.
Sorry.
Photos of every seat, please.
It's okay. Come to me. Okay.
I've got you.
- [Osman groans]
- Sorry.
What's your plan then?
You can't stay here too long.
I left a false address in my rucksack.
The guy I go gym with.
It might buy us a bit of time.
[Mulu] Where will you go?
Rome.
My brother lives there.
They will never find you there.
My sister will look after you
until you're ready to go, okay?
[Oman] Okay. My friend Ismail
can get me a passport.
You can talk to him, he's a good man.
I need a new phone as well.
I will handle it.
[people chattering indistinctly
in distance]
[people chattering indistinctly]
What do they want us to do with this?
It's a pretty good likeness.
We've been asked to send it to the lab.
They think we might be able to retrieve
DNA or maybe some fingerprints from it.
Take a picture for me.
[detective] This is him. 21 Scotia Road.
- [knocking on door]
- Yeah?
We've got a name for one of them
and an address.
We found a gym membership card
at the scene
of the Shepherd's Bush explosion.
That's him outside the tube station
this morning.
[Hayman] This the best likeness
we've got?
It's what we've been given.
We're hoping to get clearer pictures
from DVLA
and the passport office tomorrow.
Does look like the same guy.
- What's the address?
- Tulse Hill. 21 Scotia road.
We've had confirmation
the devices were viable bombs,
similar in composition
to the seven-seven bombs.
They don't know yet
why they didn't go off.
- We need a Gold Firearms Strategy, John.
- Already on it.
- Who you making DSO?
- Cressida Dick.
Just got off the phone to her,
she'll be in first thing.
CO19 and a full surveillance team
are being deployed to the address
as soon as is practicable.
We may have to take
extreme action here, Andy.
I'm thinking KRATOS.
The moment could quite possibly arrive
for a critical shot.
Agreed.
- You all right?
- Yeah.
Eyes on the plot.
All quiet.
Top floor window. No movement.
[woman over PA] This is the number two bus
to Norwood bus garage.
Next stop, Upper Tulse Hill.
Red team in position on the plot.
- [radio beeps]
- Yeah, roger that.
[McDowall] We believe
yesterday's devices were viable
and it was only by sheer luck
that significant loss of life and injury
was avoided.
With this in mind,
the strategic objectives
for today's operation are as follows.
To control the premises at Scotia Road
through covert surveillance.
To follow any person leaving the premises
until it is safe to challenge them
and then stop them.
To detain one
or all of the suspected terrorists
or establish the whereabouts of others
who pose a threat to the public.
As it is envisaged that an Operation
KRATOS scenario could develop,
I have appointed
a designated senior officer
who will take command in Room 1600,
with Jon Boutcher acting as her deputy.
Who will be DSO, sir?
Well, it should be Cressida Dick.
I can't think where she is.
[Frank] Right, okay.
Someone's coming out.
IC1 male.
Sixties.
[McDowall] Cress, we just finished.
I'm sorry, John.
I was given the wrong room.
I'm not late,
I've been here since five this morning.
- Okay. I'll have to do it again for you.
- Thank you.
I'm sorry.
That's all right.
Yeah.
Hollow point?
Yeah, authority was given last night.
Okay.
Yeah. Yeah.
[Frank] Two IC2 females. Both 20s.
It looks like they're just going to work.
[person over radio] Roger that.
[Hale] The links between yesterday's
attempted bombings
and those that occurred two weeks ago
are inescapable.
I mean, the explosives used
and the MO of the bombers,
it's almost identical.
Yesterday morning, three of the bombers
entered the underground network,
just down the road
at Stockwell tube station.
Hussain Osman.
The codename for this suspect
is Nettle Tip.
Married father of three.
He tried to explode a bomb
on the tube yesterday at Shepherd's Bush.
Women and children in that carriage
with him.
Now, we'll shortly be moving
to Nightingale Lane police station
in Wandsworth,
to get you closer to the plot.
But you should be prepared today
to use unusual tactics.
Can you expand on that?
[Hale] An instruction for a critical shot
would come from the DSO,
but a situation
you should all prepare yourselves for
is that if you are deployed
to intercept a suspect,
and can challenge that suspect,
but the suspect is non-compliant,
then in that situation,
a critical shot can be taken.
At your own discretion.
Yeah.
Okay. Let's go.
[phone ringing]
Hello?
Jean
[in Portuguese] Where are you, man?
Wake up, mate.
Fuck off, Gesio!
Seriously man, I'm already in Kilburn
and I need you to head over.
Mate, I got home after midnight yesterday,
I asked my cousins not to wake me up.
But mate, the guy's fire alarm's broke.
I need you here, man.
Okay, I'm coming.
Tchau. Tchau.
[in English] Hurry up.
[Derek over radio] Red two,
any movement inside number 21?
Negative. No, it looks quiet up there.
[Derek] Where the fuck are firearms?
Who's gonna stop him if he does come out?
I see it. And then they're coming back
to you. They're discussing it right now.
- [people chattering indistinctly]
- [Dick] I've spoken with John McDowall
and we think that any subject coming out
of that address should be allowed,
initially, to run before CO19 move in
to challenge him.
Let him get a safe distance
from the premises
so as not to alert anybody else inside?
We don't want a Madrid situation
where they blow themselves
and the building up
as we approach the premises.
[Derek] There's two bus stops
within walking distance to them flats.
Get onto command.
We should get the bus services
fucking suspended.
We've had a request
from one of the surveillance teams
to suspend bus services in the area.
They say they don't want him
getting onto public transport.
I think as soon as we stop the buses,
we're effectively alerting Osman
and any of the others
that we're on to them.
So, we keep the buses running?
I don't want to compromise the address.
That's my decision.
Where are CO19, by the way?
We need them close by Scotia Road.
- They're being briefed.
- Still?
This is another briefing from Greg Purser.
I think the feeling is,
given they might have to take
a critical shot,
that we don't want them under-briefed.
Out there right now, we have
surveillance teams from SO12.
But, ultimately, it will fall to you
to intercept and contain this threat.
The men we are up against have the ability
to make small devices
which they secrete about their persons,
so, they may not be wearing a backpack.
It's important to remember that.
And to detonate a device,
all they need to do is reach
into their pocket.
It's a very small movement.
These men are terrorists.
They are deadly, determined,
and highly motivated.
They won't hesitate to kill themselves,
you, and innocent members of the public.
We'll be making a move to a TA centre
closer to the plot after this.
We're moving again?
But, first, let's go over again
the information we have on the suspects,
beginning with Hussain Osman,
the suspect associated with the address
in Scotia Road.
Codename, Nettle Tip.
[urinating]
Movement. One IC1 male, dark hair,
beard, stubble,
wearing a blue denim jacket,
blue jeans, it may not be IC1.
Actually, it might be worth somebody else
taking a look.
[James] Yeah, we got him.
He's on Upper Tulse Hill.
Grey team will take it from here.
Can't we get someone to grab a photograph?
We've asked them.
We're having problems with the radios.
[man on radio speaking indistinctly]
Where are CO19?
[officer] Nettle Tip has now
boarded the bus.
Repeat, he is on the bus,
- headed north towards Brixton.
- Fuck!
- [Purser] What is it?
- [Hale] He's just got on a bus.
- What?
- I know some of the cars aren't here yet.
No, we can't wait.
We're on the move again.
He's headed towards Brixton.
Brixton!
Yeah. Not a good look,
so it's not a positive ID.
But he has distinctive eyes.
They're Mongolian in appearance.
[man] We're establishing the comms.
Have you contacted
Sounds like it's not a match
with Nettle Tip.
I expect they'll withdraw surveillance
back to their start positions.
This is Charlie 12.
Is everybody at the TA centre?
- [radio signal crackling]
- For fuck's sake!
- [Hale] He's headed towards Brixton.
- Is What
Listen out for further instructions.
Yeah, copy that.
I can finally fucking hear ya.
[Gesio in Portuguese] Jean, Jean.
Hello, Gesio?
- It's me.
- It's me.
Where are you?
Brixton station is shut.
[in English] Right. He got off the bus,
then turned round and got back on the bus.
[man on radio] Copy that.
Situation is, he's got off the bus,
then he's quickly got back
on the same bus again.
- Anti-surveillance?
- Certainly looks like it.
And he's on his phone the whole time.
They think it's him, and they're saying
he's very, very jumpy.
How sure are they?
Ask them to give me a percentage.
How sure out of ten are they?
I'm gonna need a percentage, mate.
Score out of ten on the likeness.
Seriously?
They're asking, out of ten,
how certain are we that he's Nettle Tip?
It's a ridiculous question.
Grey team, can anyone give me
a number, out of ten,
how sure they are the suspect
is Nettle Tip?
That's the bus.
- [James] Grey team?
- [radio beeps and crackles]
Pat, I'm not getting anything back
from anyone.
Maybe a comms issue.
The radio's in and out the whole time
but I don't think it's a question
you can answer like that. Out of ten.
Received. Anything you can say to assist?
Well, when I saw him
about half an hour ago,
[James] I thought he was
a "good possible."
For what it's worth,
I think it could be him.
But no one's managed to get
a really good look at him yet.
- Drop me there.
- Will do.
I'll call you, Pat,
if I hear back from anyone.
[Pat] Copy that.
I don't think it's him.
I got a full frontal view of his face
for like a second or so,
and I would say he's not identical
to Nettle Tip.
Well. I think that's a good possible
likeness, innit?
Not for me.
They can't give a percentage,
but they believe it is Nettle Tip.
I'm hearing he's acting nervously.
That he's very twitchy.
Okay.
Well, we have to intercept him.
Do we stop the bus?
Too dangerous.
Jon's right.
Let's wait until he gets off.
[in Portuguese] It's not my fault
they've closed the station.
[Gesio] But where are you now, Jean?
I'm on the bus now, going to Stockwell.
Okay, come as quick as you can. Please.
I can't get there any quicker.
Okay, okay.
As soon as I get out of the tube,
I'll call you. Okay?
Okay. Okay. Ciao.
[officer in English]
Suspect is now travelling north
on a bus towards Stockwell road.
Right, lights on.
We've gotta go,
- we've gotta catch up with him.
- [sirens wailing]
[Hale] All right, Nettle Tip is on a bus,
headed north along Stockwell Road.
Repeat, north along Stockwell Road.
He's off the bus.
He's heading for the station.
He must not be allowed to enter
the tube system.
He must be arrested by CO19.
I don't think they're there yet.
I'm approaching from Clapham Road
to the north of you.
I'm a couple of minutes away.
Do you want this man lifted?
Do you want this man lifted?
He's entered the station.
Should he be stopped?
- [Dick] Yes!
- Who do you wanna stop him?
- CO19.
- They're not there yet.
SO12 then.
He cannot be allowed to get on a train.
Stop him getting on the train.
What do you want me to do?
CO19 are now at the station.
Should they do the stop?
[Dick] Yes!
Yes! CO19. Not SO12.
Tell them he must not get on that train.
[officer on radio] All units, State Red.
Go to State Red.
All units, State Red. Go to State Red.
Move! Move! Move!
[woman over PA]
This station, please stop off.
- Move, move!
- [officers clamouring]
[woman over PA] Please ensure
you have all your belongings with you
when you leave the train.
Move! Move!
What's happening?
Comms are down. They must be underground.
As soon as you hear anything,
you get straight back to me.
Do you understand?
[officer] Move! Move! Move!
He's here!
- [people screaming]
- Police!
Police! Let go. We're police! Police!