President Barack Obama will shorten touring Europe and will travel to Dallas, where they were killed five policemen. About it reports a press-service of the White house.
9 Jul Obama, as planned, will travel to Madrid, where he will hold talks with members of the government of Spain. Then he will visit the Spanish port of Rota, where is a large American naval base to meet with soldiers.
At the same time, the US President will not go to Seville, reducing their European tour for a day. He will return to Washington, and then at the invitation of the mayor of Dallas Mike Rawlings will visit early next week, this city.
Earlier, White house spokesman Josh Ernest said that Obama has decided not to refuse to participate in the NATO summit in Warsaw because of the shooting in Dallas, decided to choose the “main priority”. When Ernest said that the President “holds a hand on pulse events, and together with his team maintains regular contact with the authorities of Dallas”, reports TASS.
Obama himself has previously called the shooting in Dallas “terrible, planned and heinous attack.” “Some of the wounded in critical condition, we pray for their quick recovery,” — said the President of the United States.
On the night of July 8 during a protest against the arbitrariness of the police were opened fire on a group of guards. Three law enforcement officers died on the spot, two died later in hospital. Another six police officers were injured, two of them in critical condition. The suspect in the attack was blocked in the underground Parking lot and destroyed by a robot.
Later it became known that the shooting of police officers staged a 25-year reservist of the US army Mickey Xavier Johnson, who formerly served in Afghanistan. In his home found materials for making explosives, rifles and body armor.
