They suspect it's Islam terrorist related...http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/new-york-pd-looks-for-possible-terror-connection-in-hatchet
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said Friday he was comfortable calling the incident a terrorist attack.
“This was a terrorist attack, certainly,” Bratton said.
But he also stopped short of including the attack in the list of terror plots against the city since Sept. 11, 2001, saying the investigation was continuing. Bratton also said it appears to have been a spontaneous attack, but said the fact that Thompson was walking with ax indicates some preparation.
Security video and witness accounts appeared to leave no doubt that Thompson purposely targeted four rookie officers, police said.
The attack occurred at about 2 p.m. Thursday while the officers were standing together on foot patrol, police said.
Without a word, Thompson swung at an officer who blocked the blow with his arm. Another officer was hit in the back of the head and fell to the ground.Bratton said the incident took all of seven seconds.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/10...al-but-stable-after-hatchet-attack-in-queens/
... Bratton also said it appears to have been a spontaneous attack, but said the fact that Thompson was walking with ax indicates some preparation ...
It has always been a violent world, it's just the 24/7 news cycle that is part of the problem.
Yes, and it's obviously not the only country that is having these types of issues. Seems like some folks in other countries just like to focus on the US and all it's faults though. Well hey, whatever makes your day. One thing about it, man and woman lives in every part of the world, so with that alone, I wouldn't be to quick to throw the first stone.
And a first year high school student in Washington State attacked other students in the school cafeteria, shooting one dead, wounding three others then turned the gun on himself. It was a targeted shooting.
That would be so heartbreaking for the entire family! How can they possibly get past this?They're saying now that two of his victims were relatives, his cousins...http://rt.com/usa/199104-marysville-shooter-victim-id/
Who knows? Probably concealed though, I would think.Is it normal that a man could walk around NYC brandishing an axe?
They suspect it's Islam terrorist related...http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/new-york-pd-looks-for-possible-terror-connection-in-hatchet
Who knows? Probably concealed though, I would think.
Since he was wearing a hood until he looked directly at the police it was probably pretty hard to tell what he was going to do. And actually although longer than a pistol it's not as bulky thus easier to conceal not that I wouldn't walk around with an ax in my pocket. My guess he had bag or backpack somewhere along the line.
Is it normal that a man could walk around NYC brandishing an axe?