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      USA: Thousands flee Times Square after backfiring causes false alarm00:33

      USA: Thousands flee Times Square after backfiring causes false alarm

      United States, New York City
      PoliticsEl-Paso, TX & Dayton, OH shootings
      August 7, 2019 at 12:10 GMT +00:00 · Published

      Thousands of people fled in panic from New York City's Times Square late on Wednesday night (early Thursday morning GMT), after they believed that the sound of passing motorbikes backfiring were gunshots.

      Six people were reportedly injured in the rush to escape the square but New York City's police department subsequently confirmed that there was no gunfire.

      The US is currently reeling from two mass shootings over the last weekend, with 22 people being shot dead in El Paso, Texas on Saturday, August 3, and a further ten people, including the perpetrator, being killed just 14 hours later in Dayton, Ohio on Sunday, August 4.

      The incident in El Paso is being investigated as a possible incident of 'domestic terrorism' as the suspect is believed to have specifically targeted Mexicans and people of Hispanic origin.

      Mandatory credit: @DanielsGrp

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      Thousands of people fled in panic from New York City's Times Square late on Wednesday night (early Thursday morning GMT), after they believed that the sound of passing motorbikes backfiring were gunshots.

      Six people were reportedly injured in the rush to escape the square but New York City's police department subsequently confirmed that there was no gunfire.

      The US is currently reeling from two mass shootings over the last weekend, with 22 people being shot dead in El Paso, Texas on Saturday, August 3, and a further ten people, including the perpetrator, being killed just 14 hours later in Dayton, Ohio on Sunday, August 4.

      The incident in El Paso is being investigated as a possible incident of 'domestic terrorism' as the suspect is believed to have specifically targeted Mexicans and people of Hispanic origin.

      Mandatory credit: @DanielsGrp

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