Deadly shooting in New York; Two policemen were killed and wounded
The New York Times reported that two police officers who had been sent to New York’s Harlem neighborhood were shot dead by a gunman, one of them seriously and the other seriously injured.
The New York Times added that New York City Mayor Eric Adams responded to the shooting; “New York was attacked.”
The shooting took place in a building in New York’s Harlem neighborhood, according to police, and the 47-year-old assailant was shot and seriously injured by police.
The United States has the highest rate of mass murder in the world
The New York Times reports that two police officers were killed and wounded in New York City, with CNN reporting on a December 6 report on firearms crime in the United States: “Half of the developed world has at least one mass shooting between The years 1998 to 2019 and other countries of the world have witnessed more than eight cases in the last 22 years, but the United States has witnessed 100 massacres with firearms during this period, which has left 2,000 dead and injured.
There are 120 weapons for every 100 Americans
“The United States is the only country in the world where the number of guns exceeds the number of people,” CNN said in a special report. According to the Small Arms Survey (SAS), there are 120 firearms per 100 American citizens.
Americans own 393 million weapons
CNN continued its report: The exact number of weapons available to American citizens is not known due to factors such as illegal sales and unregistered weapons, but according to data from Small Arms Survey, it is estimated that Americans from Of the 857 million weapons available to civilians worldwide, 393 million are in possession of these weapons.
The US capital witnessed 227 murders in 2021
The Washington Times, another American publication, wrote about the deadly shootings in the United States on January 12: Violence with firearms in Washington D. Thirty areas around it increased dramatically in 2021, with a total of 227 firearms killed in the US capital, up 15 percent from 2020, when 198 people were killed.
According to IRNA, deadly shootings in the United States continue as a series and have become a common phenomenon in this country, which has the most armed nation in the world.
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