Man shot dead by UK police
LONDON- An investigation has been launched after British police fatally shot a man during an operation in which five other people were arrested.
West Yorkshire police said the operation "related to information received about criminal possession of a firearm," and was not related to terrorism.
The man who was killed was identified as 27-year-old Mohammed Yassar Yaqub of Huddersfield. His family issued a statement through a lawyer saying they are "in shock and distraught."
Police shootings are rare in Britain and there is an automatic investigation when someone is killed. Police say they are cooperating with the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
