SEATTLE - A pair of protesters ambushed new Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan during a Thursday news conference, witnesses said.

The mayor was unhurt during the confrontation inside the Elliott Bay Book Co.

Durkan was at an event to talk with small business owners and sign an executive order to help them when the ambush took place.

Witnesses said two protesters dressed in black began shouting as the mayor was about to begin her speech.

"Jenny Durkan, you're an (expletive) and you don't represent the people of Seattle," shouted one protester, a woman. "You used entrapment to entrap Muslim men with mental health issues, and they're still in (expletive) prison, and you can make that change as the mayor."

The woman also shouted that Durkan has the power "to hold the Seattle Police Department accountable for the murder of Charleena Lyles," referring to the police shooting of a woman who called to report a robbery at her apartment then reportedly turned on the officers with two knives.

A male protester also shouted criticism and expletives at Durkan as he walked up and down the aisles through the bookstore.

Both protesters were escorted from the store and the male protester was taken into custody by police.

Durkan was unshaken by the incident and maintained her poise throughout.

"Look, I think there's not many mayors who can organize anarchists," she quipped after the protesters left the premises.

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This is a developing news story. More information will be posted as it becomes available.

