Ten killed in suspected racially-motivated shooting in US

Ten killed in suspected racially-motivated shooting in US An 18-year-old white man has shot dead 10 people in a black neighbourhood of New York state in what authorities are calling a racially motivated attack.

“We are investigating this incident as both a hate crime and a case of racially-motivated violent extremism,” said Stephen Belongia, from the FBI’s Buffalo office, adding there was evidence of “racial animosity.” CBS news reported that the attacker shouted racial slurs during the shooting and suggested that he had a racial slur written on his weapon.

Thirteen people were shot in total and the majority of the victims were black, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said. A retired police officer who was working as a security guard tried to shoot the suspect but was among those killed, police said.