Para Penumpang di Bandara Los Angeles Berlarian Hindari Tembakan
LAX Passengers Run for Their Lives from Airport Gunman
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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POLISI mengkonfirmasi bahwa seorang pria telah ditahan setelah aksi penembakan mematikan di Bandara Internasional Los Angeles (LAX).
Tindakan tegas dilakukan aparat penegak hukum yang dipanggil ke tempat kejadian perkara (TKP) pukul 9.30 pagi waktu setempat, yang menimbulkan kekacauan ketika ratusan penumpang diantar ke tempat yang aman di luar gedung bandara, seperti dilansir metro.co.uk.
Akun Twitter resmi LAX menegaskan bahwa insiden tersebut berlangsung di bandara dan aparat penegak hukum telah berada di TKP.
Bandara ini kemudian menegaskan bahwa operasi penerbangan, selain dari pesawat yang mendarat, penerbangan ditunda dan fasilitas umum di bandara untuk sementara ditutup dan akses publik dibatasi dari TKP.
Polisi menegaskan bahwa agen keamanan federal ditembak mati, sementara juru bicara pemadam kebakaran mengatakan tujuh orang telah terluka.
Kepala kepolisian Bandara Los Angeles (LAX) Patrick Gannon mengkonfirmasi bahwa tersangka penembakan kini ditahan, katanya dalam konferensi pers: "Seseorang datang ke Terminal 3 bandara ini, mengeluarkan senapan serbu (shotgun) dari tas dan mulai melepaskan tembakan membabi buta di dalam terminal."
'Pelaku kemudian terus merangsek ke kawasan steril yang dilengkapi sensor sesuai standar Administrasi Keamanan Transportasi (TSA) dan pelaku terus menembak dan kabur melalui fasilitas sensor untuk masuk kembali ke dalam bandara.
'Petugas dari Kepolisian Airport Los Angeles segera menanggapi panggilan. Mereka melacak sang pelaku dan petugas terlibat dalam baku tembak di Terminal 3 dan berhasil menangkapnya dan menyeretnya ke penjara."
POLICE have confirmed a man is in custody following a fatal shooting at Los Angeles International Airport.
Law enforcement was called to the scene at 9:30am local time (4.30pm UK time) amid chaotic scenes in which hundreds of passengers were escorted to safety on the tarmac.
LAX’s official Twitter account confirmed that an ‘incident’ was under way at the airport and that law enforcement was on the scene.
The airport later confirmed that flight operations, apart from arriving flights, had been temporarily held and that the general public was being blocked from the scene.
Police confirmed that a federal security agent had been shot dead, while a fire spokesman said seven people had been injured.
Los Angeles Airport Police chief Patrick Gannon confirmed the suspect was now in custody, telling a press conference: "An individual came into Terminal 3 of this airport, pulled an assault rifle out of a bag and begun to open fire in the terminal."
‘He proceeded up into the screening area where Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screeners are and continued shooting and went past the screeners back into the airport itself.
‘Officers from Los Angeles Airport Police responded immediately to the calls. They tracked the individual through the airport and engaged him in gunfire in Terminal 3 and were able to successfully take him into custody.’
