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Tieng Anh Vui
The minicab driver transporting Mark Duggan just before he was shot by police has told an inquest he feared he was about to be attacked.
The driver said three cars sped towards him forcing him to pull over in Tottenham, north London, but there was no indication they were police.
He said: "A lot of people got out of cars. They pointed guns towards my car. They had rifles in their hands."
Mr Duggan, 29, was shot dead in August 2011 sparking riots across England.
'Criminal' treatment
The driver told the hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice that he saw Mr Duggan get out of the car and start to run but a "tall officer" fired and "I saw him get hit in his back".
Speaking anonymously through an interpreter, he said: "Mark Duggan only got 2ft-3ft from my car when he was shot.
"He fell on the floor suddenly - but I couldn't see everything.
"The police dragged me out of my car like I was some kind of criminal."
The driver told the court that on the journey leading up to the shooting Mr Duggan had collected a box from a man in Leyton, east London.
The cab driver was then told to continue on to Tottenham.
He added that he had not noticed Mr Duggan carrying anything when he ran out of the car and did not see a gun flying through the air when Mr Duggan was shot.
The inquest continues.
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