Kosher market targeted in New Jersey attack - mayor

A firefight that left six people dead in the United States is believed to have been motivated by anti-Semitism, an official said Wednesday, confirming that the assailants targeted a kosher grocery store. Two shooters stormed the deli in New York suburb Jersey City with rifles, killing two customers, a cashier and a police officer before they died in a hail of police gunfire. Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop said that while it was still difficult to ascribe a precise motive, analysis of surveillance footage from showed a targeted murder. "Last night after extensive review of our CCTV system it has now become clear from the cameras that these two individuals targeted the kosher grocery," Fulop posted on Twitter. "I'm Jewish and proud to live in a community like #JerseyCity that has always welcomed everyone... Hate and anti-semitism have never had a place here in JC and will never have a place in our city," he added. Hundreds of police from New Jersey and New York, including tactical officers armed with rifles and wearing olive-green fatigues and helmets, were deployed during the hours-long drama. 'Clearly their target' James Shea, Jersey City's director of public safety, told...