At the same event last year, two people were killed, including a top aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Gunfire erupted in three separate incidents during J'Ouvert, a street party tied to the Caribbean Carnival that draws tens of thousands of revellers in the borough of Brooklyn over the Labour Day Weekend. At the same event last year, two people were killed, including a top aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. “Last night, we had unfortunate tragedy once again affect this event,” New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said at a news conference. In the past decade, more than a dozen people have been either killed or wounded in shootings and stabbings at parade-associated events, according to media reports.

Source: The Hindu September 05, 2016 19:07 UTC