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NEW YORK (AP) - A hatchet-wielding man attacked a group of patrol officers in a busy commercial district in Queens on Thursday, injuring two before the other officers shot and killed him, New York City police said. A bystander was wounded in the gunfire.
At a news conference at a hospital where one officer was being treated for a serious head wound, Police Commissioner William Bratton said that investigators were still trying to confirm the identity of the assailant and determine a motive.
Asked if the attack could be related to terrorism, Bratton didn't rule it out. He cited the fatal shooting of a solider in Canada earlier this week -- what officials there have called a terror attack -- as reason for concern.
"This early on, we really cannot say yes or no to that question," Bratton said.
Watch...next Mayor Deblisio will be calling for a ban on "assault hatchets". After all what does anyone need a hatchet with a handle longer than 12" for anyway?
More to come.
