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New YorkA teenager draws and injures three people in Times Square
In New York, in the United States, a teenager opened fire in the middle of Times Square, injuring at least three people.
New York witnesses a shooting in the Time Square.
XA shooting made three injured in New York, in the highly frequented district of Times Square this Saturday, August 9.
A teenager arrested
A teenager opened fire and injured three people near Times Square, before being arrested announced a New York police spokesman on Saturday.
The injured, aged 19 to 65, were hospitalized in a stable state. The incident took place around 1:20 am (7:20 am in Switzerland), he said.
The shots were preceded by a verbal altercation, according to the spokesperson.
“The attacker was arrested and a firearm was seized”
Images showing a panic crowd have been disseminated on social networks, without AFP being immediately able to confirm its authenticity.
At the end of July, a man armed with an assault rifle killed four people before killing himself in a New York skyscraper.
