In a statement, the US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield urged countries to cease providing arms to both sides of the war.

The spokesman also urged local residents to check their bins for a mobile phone that might have been discarded nearby.

He urged state governments and the police to enforce strict crowd control measures, and has cancelled all his official engagements in honour of the victims.

Last month, the DOJ and several states urged the judge to force Google to sell Chrome.

She urged First Minister John Swinney to intervene and end the agreement.