Police do not consider mass shooting in Maine a terrorist attack

So far, law enforcement agencies in the American state of Maine do not see signs of terrorism in the mass shooting incident that claimed the lives of more than 20 people in the city of Lewiston, NBC News reported on Wednesday.

Details on this matter have not yet been disclosed.

Meanwhile, the state police, in response to a request from RIA Novosti, refused to comment on what happened, citing the fact that the investigation into the incident is ongoing.

According to the latest American media reports, at least 22 people were killed and dozens injured in the Maine shooting. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation joined the investigation into the circumstances of the crime. According to preliminary information published earlier by Fox News, the suspect in the shooting was detained.