Of the dozens of victims who were injured, five critically, including the Giffords. He was in intensive care at University Medical Center in Tucson due to severe wounds in the head. A doctor said the optimistic tone, Giffords could be cured.
Local police spokesman, Rick Kastigar, said the shooting occurred when Giffords bloody're face to face with constituents outside a supermarket in Tucson, Saturday afternoon. Among those killed was a young girl aged 9 years and a federal judge, John Roll, Giffords sidekick.
Not long after that shocking incident that the city of Tucson, was also among Democrats and U.S. Congress members, officers immediately arrested and detained a suspect, namely Jared Lee Loughner (22). He was known to shoot with a semiautomatic pistol at close range. Strongly suspected, the main target of the shooting is Giffords.
Pima Regional Police Chief Clarence Dupink explained, the offender has a past that is full of problems and might also are experiencing mental disorders. Not yet certain whether the shooting was linked to the attitude of politicians the 40-year-old woman who many conservatives hated Arizona. One thing that is believed to Dupink, Giffords has been a main target of the shooting.
Dupink explains, Jared did not own when it comes to the scene. "There are a number of reasons to trust that he came with someone else," he said.
Jew
Giffords is the first Jewish woman elected to Congress from Arizona in 2006. In the current election campaign, he stressed that the government continues to improve and tighten security forces guarding the U.S. border and Mexico.
The security officer that he suggested was the army. The proposal was submitted with a view to increasing illegal trade and the flow of illegal immigrants.
In addition, Giffords is one of the members of Congress are on the rise in Arizona. He was expected to win the Democrats in Arizona in the future. However, he was hated by the conservatives for supporting reform Health Service Act was initiated by the government of President Barack Obama in March 2010.
Women with two children from his marriage to NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, also disagreed with the draft Law Immigration controversial last year. However, the Governor of Arizona in January endorsement Brewer eventually became law in April 2010, whose contents include deporting illegal immigrants.
Giffords had served in the Armed Services Committee in the U.S. Congress, Committee on Foreign Relations and Committee on Science and Technology. He was famous in the U.S.. "We're still gathering all the facts, but we know that Giffords is currently in intensive care in hospital and he is struggling to recover," Obama said.
President Obama is concerned and has instructed the FBI Director Robert Mueller led the investigation into the incident. He also asked all U.S. citizens show a sense of loyal friends to each other, "Gather together and support each other." He called Giffords: "friend of the outstanding public servant."
Obama also said the attack that killed six people and wounding 18 others including Giffords it as an act that can not be expressed in words. According to Obama, this tragedy is not only experienced by the victims and their families, but also a "tragedy for Arizona and a tragedy for the whole country."
The Democratic and Republican leaders also condemned the shooting action. Sarah Palin's conservative leaders also invite residents expressed sincere sorrow in messages sent to his Facebook page. "We all pray for the victims and their families, and for peace and justice," he wrote on the social networking site.
Shudder
U.S. Speaker of the Republican Party, John Boehner, said in a statement said he was horrified so know the attack on the Giffords and their constituents. Hopefully, the police can immediately reveal the motive for the attack.
U.S. parliament session was postponed this week, including a plenary session to vote whether to revoke or to continue enforcing the Health Act was launched last year the Obama administration. If the hearing be held, then that is the first agenda of the Congress after the parliamentary elections on November 2, 2010, which won the Republican majority.
Someone named Jared Lee Loughner has sent a message through MySpace and YouTube sites. The message is pitched to threaten the U.S. Government. Sender of the message gives the title of his video on YouTube with the sentence, "Final Thoughts New Currency".
Jared also wrote on MySpace, Saturday (8 / 1) at 17.00 local time. He said, "Goodbye. Friends please do not be angry with me. "The pictures also show detailed images of automatic weapons in a book or paper that read," United State History. " Nevertheless, the FBI has not been able to confirm whether the person who sent the news on two Internet sites that together with the suspect.
berita terkini Desember @2011
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