LONDON, Sept. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- The family of a Brazilian mistakenly shot dead by police arrived in Britain on Tuesday morning, demanding "justice" and calling for the British police to be punished.

    Jean Charles de Menezes was shot once in the shoulder and seventimes in the head by British police. Police mistook de Menezes as a terrorist suspect and shot him dead at the Stockwell Underground station the day after the July 21 failed attacks on London.

    "We are searching for justice. I want the police to be punished," de Menezes's mother, Maria Otone de Menezes told waiting reporters at the airport after she flew into Heathrow from Rio de Janeiro.

    Maria Otone, accompanied by her husband Matuzinhos Otone Da Silva and other family members, will be updated on the inquiry into the death of the 27-year-old electrician, which is being carried out by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).

    The family will likely visit the Stockwell Underground station and may also meet with Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair.

    Scotland Yard is paying for the trip, which comes a month after three senior Brazilian officials spent four days in London on a fact-finding mission.

    The IPCC has promised that the family will be the first to see much of the evidence it has uncovered about the shooting. However, IPCC chair Nick Hardwick has said there would be some material that could not be disclosed for reasons of national security, Sky television reported.

    A 43-year-old woman was arrested last week over a leak of information from the inquiry. She was later released on bail. Enditem