- 2021-08-13 05:23:16
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Police: 6 dead, including suspected shooter, in UK city
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International Desk: Dhaka, Aug-13,
Police in southwest England said six people were killed, including the suspected shooter, in the city of Plymouth Thursday in a “serious firearms incident” that wasn’t terror-related.
Devon and Cornwall Police said in a statement on
Twitter that several other casualties were receiving treatment following the
shooting. They declared a “critical incident” but did not provide details of
what occurred in the Keyham district of the city. The area has been cordoned
off.
“Police have confirmed that six people have died in
the shooting in #keyham in #plymouth. More people are being treated for their
injuries in hospital. Just so unspeakably awful,” Plymouth Member of Parliament
Luke Pollard tweeted.
Emergency services, including air ambulance and
senior paramedics, responded to the incident at around 6:10 p.m. local time.
Officers found two women and two men dead, police said.
Another man, believed to be the offender, was also dead at the scene. All are
believed to have died from gunshot wounds. Another woman was treated at the
scene for gunshot wounds, but died later in a hospital.
Johnny Mercer, one of Plymouth’s lawmakers, said in
a tweet the incident is “not terror related, and neither is the suspect on the
run in Plymouth.”
Devon and Cornwall Police also said it was not
terrorism related.
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