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▲ The scene in Biddeford where a shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents occurred on July 13 (local time).
One person was killed in a shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the U.S. state of Maine on July 13 (local time).
Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau stated on Facebook, "There was a shooting in Biddeford this morning," adding that "ICE agents were involved."
Fecteau added, "State police and the Department of Public Safety are on the scene gathering details, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is also expected to join the investigation."
Specific details regarding the incident have not yet been released.
Foreign media outlets, including AP and Reuters, reported that ICE, the FBI, and the Maine Department of Public Safety did not respond to requests for comment.
Biddeford, where the incident occurred, is a small coastal city with a population of 23,000, located about 20 kilometers south of Portland.
According to AP, the local immigrant rights group Project Relief stated that a young member of their organization was killed during an encounter with ICE in Biddeford.
Immediately following the incident, other immigrant rights groups planned a protest in a downtown park in Biddeford to denounce ICE, and it was reported that protesters had already begun gathering at the scene.
Earlier this year, ICE faced intense protests after conducting large-scale illegal immigration enforcement operations in Maine.
This incident occurred just six days after a Mexican national was shot and killed by an ICE agent during a traffic stop in Houston, Texas.
At the time, ICE claimed that the man was an undocumented immigrant who refused to comply with a stop order and attempted to strike the agent with his vehicle, prompting the agent to respond in self-defense.
In contrast, the family of the deceased countered that he had no criminal record during his 35 years of living in the United States and was in the process of obtaining a work permit.
(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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