A protest rally held last night in Dallas protesting the killings of two African Americans by policemen in the United States has turned into a tragedy itself. At 21.00 local time (3.00 in the morning in Italy), four snipers began shooting at the police, killing 5 officers and wounding 6. After 11/XNUMX, today is the highest number of victims among the US security forces in a only attack.Without the trace of terrorism, the investigators think of a revenge.
"At 20:58 the worst nightmare occurred", Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings said during a press conference On the spot, clarified the mayor of the Texan city, at the time of the shooting there were 100 policemen. At first it was thought that only two people had fired, but Brow later claimed that there were four "snipers".
Following the murders, some people were arrested: a light-skinned African-American woman who was near the garage from which the shots were fired and two people inside a dark Mercedes were taken. None of those arrested is currently speaking to the investigators.
“Some police officers were shot in the back,” police chief David Brown stressed: “Their plan was to injure and kill as many officers as possible.”
The Black Lives Matter movement condemned the Dallas attack, stressing that the organization committed to countering the brutality of police methods against African Americans "is fighting for dignity, justice and freedom. Not murder."
US President Barack Obama also spoke about the massacre, speaking of "a ferocious and premeditated attack". The killings of African Americans by the police "are not just a black or Hispanic issue, but an American one". “All impartial people should be concerned about how often the police kill African Americans,” he noted. Blacks killed by the police are twice as many as whites in the US, said the White House tenant.
