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Two police officers in Ferguson, a Missouri town hit by riots over the killing of an unarmed black teenager last year, have been hit by gunfire.Two police officers in Ferguson, a Missouri town hit by riots over the killing of an unarmed black teenager last year, have been hit by gunfire.
The St Louis County police says the condition of the officers is not known and it is gathering information. One officer was shot in the face and one in the shoulder, St Louis County police chief Jon Belmar said.
They were shot early on Thursday during protests that followed the resignation of Ferguson's police chief. Both suffered "very serious gunshot injuries", he said.
He stood down after a federal report alleged widespread racial bias in the town's police department. The incident followed the resignation of Ferguson's police chief, after a federal report alleged widespread racial bias in his department.
Mr Belmar said three shots had been fired shortly after midnight, as the protest crowd was starting to break up.
He said he was assuming that "these shots were directed at my police officers", rather than the officers being hit by stray bullets.