see. i. believe two people dead many more injured at a music festival in las vegas. the shooting in las vegas after another attack. where a man. is great in arabic. people to death islamic state saying it was behind the attack. over eight hundred.

military police during the. independence of spain's prime minister though says the country has done its. capacity to believe i'm supposed to teach. thanks for joining us here on international we are in the midst of well some pretty unprecedented breaking news coming out of las vegas nevada let's give you the latest details that we have here police responding to an active shooter situation in las vegas in fact police saying one suspect is but there is an active investigation police suggesting there could be multiple shooters potentially on rooftops around this door. just by the mandalay bay casino in las vegas

nevada two people are now reported dead with a further twenty four now thought have been injured as the local hospital says it is now receiving patients with gun shots were. i. i. i. i. i i. i i i i i now according to las vegas police on their official twitter feed they are confirming that one shooter is down the calling him a suspect but this is an active investigation saying to people via twitter do not

head down to the las vegas strip at this time police reportedly suggesting there offered ten chili multiple shooters possibly up one of the stops here's another video that appeared on line a crowd of people fleeing from the scene gunfire can also be heard as you watch this i should caution you the video is distressing. i i. i i i. i i i. i. i i i i i i i i.

let's bring in benoit marc now a terrorism and security expert joining us live here on the program or thanks for coming on so quickly before we get into any speculation at this stage or of course america does suffer from a fairly regular shootings but these these pictures this scene coming out of las vegas nevada seems unprecedented what are your initial thoughts well it does seem quite extraordinary in the sense that it seems to conform to other patterns of attacking the venues where of course people to gather for reasons of entertainment in this particular case through ninety one harvest festival so it does seem to

conform to some of the things that seem to have been happening of europe of late namely of course. instances where people are visiting a particular venue on mass and of course the spontaneous and incredibly damaging infliction of violence obviously it's too early to speculate really who could be behind this that the police right now saying it suspected that there are multiple shooters suspected of carrying semi automatic to fully automatic guns you can certainly hear what sounds like automatic gunfire they're being spread across the crowd to accusations of terrorism some might say well it's a gambling center it's las vegas nevada there it just could be a group of people who are heavily indebted to the gambling casinos any possible speculation on your part. well i don't want to you know as you quite rightly say in terms of people jumping to conclusions for other quickly i think in this particular case it's true that las vegas does have a history of violence it's also true that it does have a certain there is

a certain darker side as it were to las vegas as well in terms of criminal activity and so forth and certainly the link between violence and debt and so forth is very established and. the las vegas culture. just seems to be quite an extraordinary thing and certainly when we have the attack of this scale and the nature of how it seems to be coordinated and understand that the police want to be sure. whether they know it or not whether they say that they know that there are several individuals that need to have been noted one who's possibly been wounded but it's something to be sure or to be precautious about as to whether there are in fact more individuals who are participating and that's. some people who are getting on to the social spheres already comparing this shooting attack to that of the november twenty fifth in paris attacks they even calling it the second cloud do you see any similarities with oil. there are certain similarities in the sense of course that there is. musical gathering individuals there who are mainly on the

youthful side who would like to enjoy life who are spending time of course and in the company of friends and and delighting as it were in the night life so yes there are certain similarities and of course in these particular venues sadly maximum damage can be done in such instances but it does remain to be seen whether the individuals who are connected do have. you know as similar as certainly methods and strategy the individuals in the particular mask of course they have to answer these suicide else as well in addition to being heavily armed so it depends remains to be seen whether it is of that order now there are conflicting reports on the number of fatalities or some are saying two are dead and twelve in a critical condition we understand potentially twenty or more have been locally hospitalized. do you expect the number of fatalities to be higher. in

a close setting like that when vigils jammed very closely where bullets let's face it have nowhere really sue to miss the chances of mass damage is considerable when in fact there has been there in a few reports from the police suggesting that this is a mass casualty incident so this promise very regrettably promise for something there in the order of minimal casualties and something what we already have so what we're seeing here is the last night of a country music festival the country singer on stage he reportedly missed adly and he reportedly froze on stage when the gunfire started hailing down of the thousands of people there in attendance obviously when you have an outdoor concert any concert for that matter security will be tight when you come into the venue you'll be checked for anything that might be illegal or against the issues of security but according to police these shooter or shooters or shooter i went to a raised position potentially up on rooftops does that does that raise additional

concerns for you how does security protect people if indeed this is a situation should multiple shooters active guns on rooftops. well yes well the nature of the entertainment facilities in las vegas does have the prospects of elevated positions where individuals could possibly fire crowds because of the nature of the designs the the casino like for the entertainment stages in las vegas given the design of many of the hotels and the very design of many of the buildings certainly renders them vulnerable as if this sort of thing it's not necessary perhaps that people might have thought about it before hand there of course checks with individuals going in but this is may be an instance of individuals of course who are attacking it from quite a different angle in which case of course it may and demand. a thorough review an overhaul of security practices that now obviously during the obama administration

and his administration every year there are multiple gun shootings in the united states now with donald trump in the white house so what kind of response we would you expect in the early morning hours from washington. well it's certainly going to be a lot of hail and bluster to whether it actually translates into anything concrete just to say the reality of course is first and foremost to assess what is the nature of this attack with it is in fact an incident that can be connected with as one would say a standard more notable terrorist attack or is it a domestic terrorist incident is it or is it an instance which is more connected locally and this is something that they will have to work out but either way of course the ease of which individuals to access weapons and the ease of which they can be deployed has always been a concern the concern of course in this case is the next level as to whether there is a political motivation behind these acts with these particular engagements benoit according

to the las vegas police twitter feed they're confirming that one suspect is down there is an ongoing active investigation they're telling people please do not head down to the las vegas strip las vegas police twitter also suggesting that it could be more than one shooter with automatic and semi automatic weapons you are an expert and analyst on terrorism and security for those people who may very well still be down in that region are along the strip area would you have any recommendations for them. any place where the shelter the reality of it is of course being exposed in such open environments where the possibility of being rained upon with bullets is certainly an enormous danger so the key of course is to avoid exposure of the problem of course with this particular instance with the individuals concerned with the operation as it were to someone suspect is down another maybe it. is of course that they have free reign in the buildings that

they're operating at some say that one is on the thirty second floor you know in the question of mandalay so it is highly problematic in the sense that of course you don't want to be in that situation but the reality. of. our. joining us live here on r.t. international or terrorism and security expert many thanks indeed for your insight today thank you. well let's give you a reminder now breaking news story police responding to an active shooter situation in las vegas named mandalay bay casino that's according to my twitter feed two people reported dead with a further twenty four people now thought to be enjoyed a local hospital says it is now receiving patients with guns. video has emerged of the aftermath of the reported incident by people off fleeing the building and shots are also hard we'll bring you the latest this weekend.

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also saw a deadly attack yesterday islamic state claims it was behind a knife attack that killed two women at mar ses main train station the pub a try to wash shot dead by security services moments later. don't know until we heard women screaming outside then running in people would know what was going on were taken out of the train and then evacuated. president emanuel condemned what he called the barbaric act and praised the work of the soldiers who eliminated the attack on the soldiers are part of operation sentinel which was launched after the terror attack on the charlie abdul magazine's

offices and twenty fifteen since then country has been under a state of emergency former british intelligence officer an emotional believes the operation has improved response times but more must be done. what he was seeing a much faster reaction time from the police and security forces in all countries across europe i mean particularly in london as well with the attacks that happened and a few months ago that the reaction times much faster to stop the deaths but of course you can't stop the initial attacks themselves because these tend to be lone wolfs they tend to already be on the radar of the police or the security services but it seems that they're drowning in information because of the dragnet surveillance infrastructure the knife in place so the not targeting investigating stopping potential terroristic type attacks and that is an ongoing problem i said this many times but they don't seem to learn from that and perhaps it's very difficult to try and tackle it well. it's

a quarter past the hour here in the russian capital let's give you a reminder of our breaking news story this hour police are right now responding to an active shooter or shooters in las vegas near mandalay bay casinos according to their twitter feed in the distance. down in these pictures all people who were watching them last night over the route ninety one country music festival when gunshots reportedly came firing down from elevated positions possibly upwards of thirty floors above from various hotels police are confirming two dead a further twenty four people have been injured. i. think you.

think you. are. saying suspected multiple shooters but semi automatic all automatic machine guns firing indiscriminately into this crowd as they were watching a country music festival the last night of the route ninety one festival we can show you another video here from the cold so a lot of warning you may find it disturbing. was. i. i i. i i i i i i.

i i i i i i. other news stories now here on the program over eight hundred forty voters have been injured in the heavy assaults by military police during the spanish region's referendum on independence despite madrid's efforts to disrupt the voting the government has already published the results with ninety percent supporting catalonia as a breakaway from spain is a recap of what happened just on sunday. now

the spanish prime minister addressed his country just minutes before the end of the referendum which he pursued to deny had actually taken place. but if i didn't feel that i'm you know if you're going to.

we have to feel. good about what a poster should go to stop. you're not. going to be of. the most you're going to simply look. at your correspondent made in a question about now reporting from boss alona on what happened sunday and cut the line down to it was a very typical it's no warning for this it is and that's why and for so many people here it started way before sunrise in the middle of the night when they came to differing areas with their family members with their friends to protect the polling stations their neighborhoods from play lisa forces and they told us that. it is

important for them to remain a peaceful gathering it was important for them to defend their rights to vote to defend their fundamental human rights this is what they kept telling us throughout the day yesterday but very quickly right after the polling stations were opened everything got violent and we've seen a police pushing people out of polling stations using force to worse a different source of people from students to absolutely people they were breaking down doors breaking down windows so the polling stations doing everything in their power to prevent the referendum from going forward now for many people in council on and it was a shocking experience we talked to a devastated people in the streets of boston long and they never expected to see said to choose coming from the police forces but the leader in the evening of the address made by the spanish prime minister surprised almost everyone we have been

very special things to the state security forces to the national police the civil goods they have carried out the juice the mandate they received from fuel thirty's but i'm sure you can buy the book with this day of hope and suffering that the citizens of catalonia have earned the right to an independent state in the form of a republic so this is different approaches represent dramatic contrast in and to choose that catalan people will just have to deal with now another thing as the splits and police forces that we witnessed yesterday constant produce and sound areas where even great taxing the citizens catalonia from national guard and there were standing arm in arm in defending the population from police forces i would seen other videos in different other areas where a great crowd started to throw rocks at police officers and as a result

a lap. and have police officers were injured it's actually kind of seen a lot of unhappy a lot of discontent people saying that they were deprived of their fundamental human right to vote i don't know i. don't think it's that so i think because we're not afraid of them well i think that there is no record on them for how days or defy. the violence of the. responsibility of the policies might taint the safety of the people on the area creating the is in security and you're not a low enough to both but it's incredible it's really what this is it is it's in europe this is europe. we do know that forty unions and associations and catalonia have already called for a region wide strike against what happened here in this region against therefore it said the violence that was the use it to prevent the referendum on independence of catalonia from happening. the way civil guard officers tried to

disperse the crowd has raised concern he can see people holding up various types of a rubber bullets fired into the crowd and protesters injure rhona in northeastern catalonia also faced off against officer innocent demonstrators having their hands up as a sign of non violence but police apparently just started hitting them with batons and other videos also spot and i'll cry a warning you may find the following images disturbing video are circulating online appears to show one of the officers are trying to remove a woman and twisting her wrist in the process that she claims her fingers were broken intentionally. i don't like to asians or. policemen of the spanish policeman have been completely scandalous i mean it's it's there was. extreme violence against specific people that only they didn't even fold

back they were just torn away torn on the floor this behavior has been really scandalous but if the prime minister is. giving so much respect to these policemen it is because they want to touch him they wanted him to to to act like they did so that's what they will do to show to humiliate people here show to spin this elector's floaters that really are very much. in this humiliation of tell him they should. remind him now of our continuing breaking news story here on r.t. international we understand that hundreds of police are responding currently to reports of gunfire near the mandalay bay casino on the vegas strip in las vegas nevada according to the police twitter feed the people in the area are being told to avoid the strip in fact the area is now. on lockdown all clubs and businesses on

the strip closed we understand true people can add a further twenty four people thought to be injured at least twelve are in a serious condition local hospital saying it's receiving patients with a gun shot wounds let's show you another video from this scene. i i. i i. was going to start a country music star jason aldean was a reportedly performing during the route ninety one to harvest festival when the

gunfire erupted one witness telling local news he heard hundreds of shots being fired at the area now on lockdown one person jumping on to twitter saying that his sister in the crowd witnessed one concert goer getting shot in the head let's show you another video he had not of that but of another part of the scene of panic. i i i. i. i. i i i i i i. i i i. i i i.

and i said bring in dr charley a professor and dean of the jane doll school of international affairs thanks for joining us here on r.t. international today joining us really what appears to be an unprecedented mass shooting in las vegas nevada obviously it's early days yet but any potential speculation as who could be behind this. early united states has to go to. a crying marker or is as well as a gun rampage it's done by many people there's always the possibility arsalan you probably start to act out we've seen one in orlando at a nightclub some time ago by an isis inspired government and if you look at the

intensity with which the fighting has happened it seems like it's a certainty or cream individual and not someone who was psychologically unstable and so more and more you know that is the general state i think would be either way you know a white nationalist who are way of the most likely because you know the white nationalist party minorities more like for example the church massacre that happened some time ago so i have a feeling that this is actually i see this fight is not isis organized that leads you know at forward and talk of michael going to be president all of this so just that it's a quarter here to go straight and meant to be you know how do you join to the united states military campaign that you are conceding well charlie your suggesting a possible speculation towards that of terrorism of course there are routine terrorism attacks all around the world as we report here on r.t. international but if indeed it is a.