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| Five dead were army workers: report |
| 2005-09-04 |
| Associated Press reports that at least five people shot dead by police as they walked across a New Orleans bridge yesterday were contractors working for the US Defence department. A spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers said the victims were contractors on their way to repair a canal. The contractors were on their way across the bridge to launch barges into Lake Pontchartrain, in an operation to fix the 17th Street Canal, according to the spokesman. The shootings took place on the Danziger Bridge, across a canal connecting Lake Pontchartrain to the Mississippi River. Early on Sunday, Deputy Police Chief W.J. Riley of New Orleans said police shot at eight people, killing five or six. No other details were immediately available. |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #2 Phil B: you quoted what I also heard at the time - glad it turned out different. No harm - good post at the time :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-09-04 20:02 |
| #1 Looks like this report is incorrect. Eds please delete. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-09-04 19:48 |