US police who pepper-sprayed nine-year-old girl suspended

In this this still frame from a Rochester Police Department body-camera video, a nine-year-old girl is handcuffed in police custody in a police cruiser after officers used pepper spray on her as she screamed for her father (Rochester Police Department/AP)

The US city of Rochester has suspended police officers seen in body-camera videos spraying a chemical “irritant” in the face of a distraught and handcuffed nine-year-old girl, officials said on Monday.

The city did not specify how many officers were suspended. The suspensions will last at least until an internal police investigation is completed.