Two police officers shot in Ferguson

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Tear gas fired by police fills the street as demonstrators protest the death of 18-year-old unarmed black teenager Michael Brown

Tear gas fired by police fills the street as demonstrators protest the death of 18-year-old unarmed black teenager Michael Brown

Two police officers in the flashpoint US town of Ferguson were shot early Thursday during a new protest over the treatment of blacks by the mainly white police force, an officer said.

One officer was shot in the face and the other in the shoulder as a protest rally outside the police station in the Missouri town was dispersing, St. Louis County police chief Jon Belmar told reporters. He said the officers were conscious but that their injuries were serious.

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Source:: PM Newspaper