14 Killed, Four Wounded in U.S. Shooting Rampage

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Fourteen people, including a suspected gunman, were killed and at least four others wounded in a shooting rampage that broke out in Binghamton of the U.S. state of New York on Friday morning, local authorities said in the afternoon.

The gunman entered the building of the American Civic Association (ACA), a non-governmental agency that provides services for immigrants and refugees, and started shooting at the people inside, Binghamton Police Chief Joseph Zikuski said at a press conference held nearly seven hours after the attack.

Fourteen people were "confirmed dead" in the shooting, and the police believed that the suspected gunman was among them, Zikuski said, adding that 37 people survived the massacre, including four wounded who are "in critical condition."

The gunman had been confirmed as a 42-year- old man from New York state, a Vietnamese who killed himself after committing the shooting.

According to the Chinese Consulate-general in New York, a Chinese student was among those wounded in the shooting.

The male student, who was taking a language course in the ACA building, suffered two gunshot wounds and is now in hospital with no danger of life, consulate sources told Xinhua, declining to give any further details.

At the same press conference, New York State Governor David Paterson condemned the shooting as a "senseless act of violence." In an earlier statement, he called Friday "a tragic day" for the state.


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美国纽约州枪击案凶手为越南裔 曾遭IBM解雇

中新网4月4日电 综合媒体报道,当地时间3日上午10时许,一名枪手冲入美国纽约州中部城市宾厄姆顿移民服务中心滥杀并挟持人质,目前共造成14人死亡。凶手在下午2时许吞枪自杀。

据纽约州一位参与调查的警官表示,目前警方已经查清这名行凶者的身份。该男子名叫杰维利•冯(Jiverly Voong),现年42岁,来自纽约州北部地区,据信是越南裔移民。杰维利•冯只是他的曾用名,他目前使用的名字仍在进一步的核实。

警官说,凶手此前一直在美国IBM公司工作,但在数周前遭到解雇。

警方表示,上午10时31分他们接获一名女子报案,立即出动包围移民服务中心的建筑。凶手用一部汽车堵住建筑物后门,再由前门冲进中心,开始射杀民众。下午有37人由警方保护撤出,其中4人伤势严重。

警方目前仍未弄清他行凶袭击的真正目的。

正在欧洲访问的美国总统奥巴马夫妇对于惨案深为震惊,已通过电视致哀。

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