America
Protests continue in Ferguson after shooting of police officers
Chicago, March 13
Approximately 200 protesters
gathered near the Ferguson police department in the US state of
Missouri singing songs such as "love" or chanting slogans including
"Stop racism", after the shooting of two police officers.
A group
of protesters gathered at a public plaza near the police department on
Thursday night for a vigil, candles in hand, Xinhua news agency
reported. Some said they were praying for the police officers and peace
in the community.
On the other side, some protesters were
chanting slogans such as "No justice, no peace", as a group of St. Louis
county policemen walked through the protesters, with several holding
the banner "Justice for Michael". Michael Brown is the name of the black
and unarmed 18-year-old shot dead on August 9 last year by a white
police officer in Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis city.
The
shootings of two police officers took place early Thursday outside
Ferguson police headquarters during a protest that followed the
resignation of Ferguson police chief Tom Jackson.
A huge manhunt for the gunman continues in town.
A
St. Louis county police officer was shot in the shoulder and another
police officer from the St. Louis suburb of Webster Groves was shot in
the face. Both officers were released from the hospital on Thursday.
Three
or four shots were fired at a group of police personnel from about 125
meters away, according to St. Louis county police chief Jon Belmar. He
called the shooting an "ambush".