redundancy in the system in new york city. they are tracking before the attack, this person wearing a safety vest, a neon hard had. they will be finding that person if you wore that right up to the attack. and afterwards, even if he discarded it, they should see it in subsequent stops, streets, store front, cameras, they will see. it it will have an imagery record of this guy doing this. and, boy, stephanie, do we have a forensic package here for prosecutors. you bet. the gun left behind, the gas mask, the gas canisters left behind? a plethora of evidence for prosecutors to tear into, dna, fingerprints, all potentially latent, left on that evidence. it really raises the question whether this was a larger attack interrupted. why this train, why then, why couldn t he have his manhattan, why did he discard everything?
we had credible information that russian forces may use a variety of riot control agents, including teargas mixed with chemical agents, that would cause stronger symptoms to weaken and incapacitate entrenched ukrainian fighters and civilians, as part of the aggressive campaign to take mariupol. a huge manhunt is underway for a gunman opened fire on a new york subway train during rush hour. the gunman flooded a train carriage with smoke from two gas canisters before shooting, injuring ten people. police say they ve recovered a handgun and a range of potential incendiary devices. 0ur north america correspondent, david willis, is following the story.
this is bbc news, the latest headlines: president biden has for the first time referred to russia s actions in ukraine as genocide. britain s prime minister and his chancellor of the exchequer are resisting calls to resign after they were fined by police for breaching covid lockdown rules. police in new york say they have recovered a handgun, a hatchet and a range of potential incendiary devices at the brooklyn station where a man opened fire on commuters on tuesday morning. the gunman flooded a train carriage with smoke from two gas canisters, before shooting and injuring ten people. authorities have named 62 year old frank rjames as a person of interest, and offered a $50,000 reward for information relating to the attack.
redundancy in the system in new york city. they are tracking before the attack, this person wearing a safety vest, a neon hard had. they will be finding that person if you wore that right up to the attack. and afterwards, even if he discarded it, they should see it in subsequent stops, streets, store front, cameras bill see it. they ll have an imagery record of the sky doing it. and, boy, stephanie, do we have a forensic package here for prosecutors. you bet. the gun left behind, the gas mask, the gas canisters left behind? a plethora of evidence for prosecutors to tear into, dna, fingerprints, all potentially latent, left on that evidence. it really raises the question whether this was a larger attack interrupted. why this train, why then, why couldn t he have his manhattan, why did he discard everything? this hopefully will become clear once he s interviewed and
promising to do more to fight the city s ongoing crime surge. we are sick and tired of reading headlines about crime, whether they are mass shooting or the loss of a teenage girl or a 13-year-old. it has to stop. i m committing the full resources of our state to fight this surge of crime. the new york post obtained this image of a bag left behind by the shooter which included reportedly a hatchet, gas canisters, fireworks, smoke grenades and gasoline. and, bret, mayor eric adams said in a radio interview here in new york that a surveillance camera at the subway station malfunctioned. it s possible that all of the surveillance cameras inside 36th street station behind me malfunctioned which is incredible when you think about it. and the mayor also says that he is doubling police patrols in the city subway systems. crime in the subway system is up 68% compared to the same time