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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Katie Dickinson

HISTORICAL FACTS: Man pointed gun at police officer before shooting inquest told - The Untold Story

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An armed officer who fatally shot a man during a police stop on a motorway slip road has told an inquest the suspect pointed a handgun at him before he fired.

Yassar Yaqub, 28, was the front-seat passenger in one of two cars travelling in convoy on the M62 when four unmarked police vehicles surrounded them at junction 24 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, on January 2 2017.

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