New York hatchet attack leaves police officer critically wounded

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Officers shoot dead a man who charged at a group of New York police while they were posing for a picture, hitting one in the head with a hatchet.

New York: A hatchet-wielding attacker charged at a group of New York City police officers posing for a photograph, wounding two, one critically, before the assailant was shot dead, police said.
The officers were on foot patrol when they were asked by a freelance photographer to pose for a picture on a Queens street about 2pm on Thursday, a New York Police Department spokesman said.
Suddenly, the man with the hatchet charged at the officers. He swung the weapon, striking one officer on the right arm, then swung it again and struck a second officer on the head, the spokesman said.

An unidentified man approaches New York City police officers with a hatchet in the Queens borough of New York in image taken from video. Photo: AP

The remaining two officers fired at the man, hitting him.