A 36 -year -old police officer is among the 4 dead by the armed attack on a skyscraper yesterday afternoon (local time, early in Greece) in downtown New York.

Dindarul Islam had migrated to the US from Bangladesh. He had two children and his wife was pregnant with their third child. The police officer was shot by 27 -year -old perpetrator Shane Devon Tamura, trying to escape the citizens.

The media and the authorities described the act of “heroic”.

New York City Police (NYPD) retrieved Didarul Islam’s body while paying tribute

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New York City Police (NYPD) retrieved Didarul Islam’s body while paying tribute

Paying tribute to the late police officer – who fell on duty – New York Mayor Eric Adams said that “he did what he does better … saving lives. He protected the New Yorkers. ”

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New York NYPD police officers pay tribute when transferring their colleague’s body from Presbyterian Hospital to the coroner

It is believed that the perpetrator shot and killed the police first as he entered the skyscraper at 345 Park Aveniou Street. He then attacked others, climbing to the 33rd floor of the building, before committing suicide with his gun.

Tamura entered the reception area of the skyscraper, turned to the right and immediately shot the police officer, who was guarding the building.

The perpetrator then shot and killed a woman and two men on the spot, opening fire indiscriminately in the building lobby.

Paradoxically she let a woman overtake him without shooting her and headed to the elevator with which she climbed to the offices of Rudin Management on the 33rd floor.

There he put an end to his life with a bullet on his chest.

In a post on X, the New York Police Department (NYPD) said that their colleague “represented the best of our department” and said that he “protected New Yorkers from the danger when the thread of his life was tragically cut”.

For his part, the Mayor of New York, after the attack, said he met with the family of the deceased police officer and expressed his admiration for himself and the services he offered from his post for more than three years.