Man attacks 4 Policemen with Ax in Queens, New York
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A rookie police officer was struck in the head by a man wielding a
hatchet in the New York City borough of Queens Thursday, in an assault
that has police checking for any ties to terror organizations or whether
the attack could have been inspired by Wednesday’s lone-wolf attack in
Canada.
Police opened fire, killing the 32-year-old suspect and wounding a
woman who was nearby, according to officials. The officer, 25, survived
the attack. A second police officer, 24, was struck with the hatchet in
the arm and is also being treated. The name of the suspect was not
immediately released.
The 2 p.m. apparently unprovoked attack occurred as four police
officers were posing for a passing photographer when the suspect charged
the group, swinging a hatchet with a four-and-a-half-inch blade,
officials said. He struck one officer in the arm and another in the head
before two officers drew their weapons and opened fire as he swung the
hatchet a third time, officials said.
“No known motive for this attack has been established,” Police Commissioner William Bratton told reporters.
The officer struck in the head suffered a fractured skull and was in
surgery Thursday evening. As police investigated the scene they
discovered a woman a half-block away had been shot in the lower back.
She was operated on and is in stable condition.
Thursday evening the New York Police Department issued a patrol
bulletin alerting officers to be in a state of heightened awareness
after Wednesday’s murder of a Canadian soldier and shootout at the
Parliament complex in Ottawa. The bulletin warns of potential attacks on
uniformed officers.
Police from the Intelligence Division are checking the suspect’s hard
drives for any cyber activity. There is nothing at this time connecting
him to any radical group and the police are still determining the
identity of the suspect, officials said.
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