UAE Condemns Shooting Incident At Brown University In US

(MENAFN- Khaleej Times)

The UAE has condemned the shooting incident that occurred at Brown University in the state of Rhode Island, which resulted in a number of deaths and injuries.

The incident left two students dead and another nine people wounded at the Ivy League school. Seven people injured at the shooting are in stable condition.

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In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) reiterated the UAE's strong condemnation of such criminal acts and its permanent rejection of all forms of violence and terrorism aimed at undermining security and stability.

The Ministry also expressed its sincere condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims, and to the government and people of the United States, as well as its wishes for a speedy recovery for the injured.

A suspect was taken into custody early Sunday and the police are not seeking anyone else at this time. The shelter-in-place order for nearby neighbourhoods was lifted after the arrest but some streets remain shut as investigators work at the scene. Residents should expect a visible police presence across the city.

Brown said on Sunday that police had also lifted a shelter-in-place order for its campus in Rhode Island.

More than 400 law enforcement personnel were deployed on Saturday as police sought a suspect who had entered a building where students were taking exams with a firearm.

Access to parts of the campus remained restricted on Sunday as police maintained a security perimeter around Minden Hall and nearby apartment buildings, said Brown, which has hundreds of buildings, including lecture halls, laboratories and dorms.

Streets around the campus had been packed with emergency vehicles on Saturday while law enforcement agencies sought the gunman.

Officials released a video of a suspect, a male possibly in his 30s and dressed in black. Providence Deputy Police Chief Timothy O'Hara said on Saturday the individual may have worn a mask, but officials were not certain. Investigators retrieved shell casings from the scene, O'Hara added.

The gunman fled after shooting students in a classroom in Brown's Barus & Holley engineering building, where outer doors had been unlocked while exams were taking place, officials said.

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