New York police officers were 'quite simply assassinated'
William J Bratton, New York City Police Commissioner, has told a news conference that two police officers who were shot dead were targeted for their uniform.
The police officers, Liu Wenjin and Raphael Ramos were killed in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of the city.
The attacker, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, is reported to have fled into a subway station and turned the gun on himself.
21 Dec 2014
- From the section US & Canada