uh oh updated news, apparently axe man is a jihadist.........The muslim community needs to be more responsible and condemn all of these acts swiftly and immediately.
Investigators on Friday were closely examining the background of a manwho attacked several police officers in Queens with a hatchet on Thursday, focusing in part on comments he made on the Internet disparaging whites and Christians and supporting violent jihad.
The man, identified by law enforcement officials as Zale H. Thompson, attacked four rookie New York City police officers as they posed for a photograph on Jamaica Avenue just after 2 p.m. Thursday, striking one in the arm and another in the head, before he was shot and killed by other officers. A stray bullet also struck a bystander in the back.
Both officers remained hospitalized on Friday, the Police Department said. Officer Kenneth Healey, 25, was in serious but stable condition with a severe wound to the back of his head. Officer Joseph Meeker, 24, who was struck in the arm, was expected to be released.
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Officials have not given a motive for the assault, which occurred in the same week as two similar attacks on military personnel in different parts of Canada.