USA

Four police officers during protests in the United States shot and killed

In the U.S. city of Dallas March against police have been shot during a Protest violence in four officials. A suspect has already been arrested. Apparently the Shooters had also threatened with a bomb.

Police officers aim in the direction of the fatal shots

Sniper shot in the Texas city of Dallas four police officers protect. A total of eleven police officers had been shot, said local police chief David Brown. Of the injured, two were in surgery, and three were in a life-threatening condition. The Shooters had apparently shot from elevated positions. According to Brown, the Shooters had also threatened, “to place a bomb in the downtown area”.

The police asked the Public for help in finding the Suspect and released a photo. It shows a man, a man who has a gun and a T-Shirt in Camouflage colors. He should have made. A second suspect has been arrested, tweeted the police.

Update: pic.twitter.com/ukWSZJeZo3

— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) 8. July 2016

In the case of one of the dead appears to be a transport police officers of the transit company DART. Three more were injured, such as DART announced on Twitter.

The police asked the citizens to avoid the centre of the city of Dallas, public transport was interrupted, reported the “Dallas Morning News.”

A police officer at the scene of the crime

Previously, there had been peaceful protests against police violence against African-Americans. Trigger two of those shot were African-American within two days. In Falcon Heights (Minnesota) died Philando Castile (32) in the hospital after a police officer had shot at a vehicle control on him. A short time before had forced in Baton Rouge (Louisiana) – two policemen Alton Sterling (37) in a Parking lot to the ground and him shot at close range.

These deaths were an event that must be of concern to all Americans alike, President Barack Obama said. “We are experiencing something far too often,” Obama said immediately after the landing in Warsaw, where he arrived in the night to Friday for the Nato summit. The visibly touched by President implored Americans to expire after the Events of the time in routine patterns of response, but pause for a moment.

stu/haz (afp, ap, dpa)