America “shocked” tragedy
Earlier on Friday during a press conference, Obama strongly condemned the shooting. He stressed that there is no excuse for such an attack, and that America is the tragedy “shocked”.
On Thursday evening during a peaceful demonstration against police brutality in Dallas at least one sniper, firing a rifle from an aerial position, he killed five policemen and wounded seven officers and two civilians.
The only previously identified assailant was African American Micah Xavier Johnson, serial reserve forces the US military who served in Afghanistan from November 2013 until July 2014. – announced on Friday the US military.
wanted to murder whites, in particular police officers
After the shots to police in the parking lot in downtown Dallas there was exchange of fire between Johnson and officers. The man was killed by the police, who used explosives. Before he was killed, negotiations were conducted with him, but the man refused to cooperate with the police and told the negotiators that his intention is to injure the following officers. According to the head of the local police David Brown, Johnson told police she wanted to kill whites, in particular the police.
It is not known exactly how many snipers made the attack; in connection with the case were arrested on the case of three people. It seems that the attackers wanted to hurt or kill as many officers – said Brown. In his opinion, most likely it was a coordinated attack.
The most bloody day for the police from 9 September 2001
The demonstration in Dallas was held to protest against the recent cases of shooting by white police officers of two African Americans in Baton Rouge in Louisiana and St. Paul, Minnesota. Demonstrations in connection with these events took place on Thursday, including at Manhattan, New York, Atlanta, Chicago and Philadelphia.
writes Reuters, it was the most bloody day for American police from 9 September 2001, when carried out the attack on the World Trade Center.
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