• One of them was a policeman Two killed in a shooting in New York

At least 13 people have been shot

in a shooting in the New York subway, for which the trains have stopped the service.

In addition, according to the Fire Department,

several unexploded explosive devices

have also been found in one of the subway stations.

The 'New York Times', as reported by EFE, reports that the station belongs to the

district of Brooklyn

.

Images distributed on social networks show several people injured and covered in blood being treated on a platform at the

36th Street station in Brooklyn, in the neighborhood of Sunset Park

, an area with a large Mexican population.

Some photographs of a smoke-filled

subway car have also been published

and, for now, it is unclear whether the shooting took place at the station or inside a train.

According to the CNN chain, in total there would be at least thirteen wounded, a minimum of

five of them with bullet wounds

.

Authorities have asked citizens to avoid the area, where numerous

ambulances and police units

have been deployed .

The governor of the state,

Kathy Hochul,

has written on Twitter that she has received a report of the situation in Brooklyn and that emergency teams are in the area.

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