REUTERS: PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Pakistani Taliban militant leader Baituallah [sic] Mehsud claimed on Saturday responsibility for an attack on a U.S. immigration center in New York state in which 13 people were killed.
"I accept responsibility. They were my men. I gave them orders in reaction to U.S. drone attacks," Mehsud told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location. >>> Reporting by Alamgir Bitani; Writing by Kamran Haider; Editing by Robert Birsel | Saturday, April 4, 2009
REUTERS: New York Immigrant Center Shooting Leaves 14 Dead
BINGHAMTON, New York - A man armed with two handguns killed 13 people at an immigration services center before apparently turning the gun on himself, authorities in Binghamton, New York, said on Friday.
Police Chief Joseph Zikuski told a news conference the gunman blocked the back entrance of the building with a car, walked in the front door and shot two receptionists, one of whom died, before entering a classroom and killing 12 more people and then apparently committing suicide.
He said that four other people were critically wounded in the latest U.S. shooting incident with multiple casualties.
One of the receptionists survived, pretending to be dead before crawling under a desk where she managed to call police, Zikuski said. She was in critical condition in a hospital. >>> By Hans Pennink | Saturday, April 4, 2009
