Amazon shuts down US construction site after finding 7th noose

After another rope tied like a noose was discovered this week at the site in Windsor, Connecticut, Amazon said in a statement on Friday that it is closing the site until Monday so that additional security measures can be put in place.

Amazon has temporarily shut down a new warehouse construction site in Connecticut in the United States after a seventh noose was found hanging over a beam, in a series of incidents local police called “potential” hate crimes. Another rope tied like a noose was discovered Wednesday at the site in Windsor, about 16km (10 miles) north of Hartford, prompting an intensified law enforcement investigation and calls by the state’s branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on Thursday for the suspect or suspects to be brought to justice. Amazon said in a statement that it is closing the site until Monday so that additional security measures can be put in place.