US state of Georgia
Eight people shot in three massage parlors – 21-year-old under suspicion
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Eight people were shot dead in a short space of time on Tuesday in the US state of Georgia. Four people died in an Asian massage parlor in Cherokee County, about 50 kilometers north of Atlanta. Four other people were shot dead in two Atlanta spas just an hour later. Six of the eight dead are said to be women of Asian descent. A good three hours after the incident, the police arrested a 21-year-old who is suspected of having been involved in the incident. According to media reports, there should be video recordings of the acts. But work is still being done to confirm that the cases are related, it said. Nothing has yet been known about a possible motive of the alleged perpetrator.
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In the US state of Georgia, eight people were shot dead in three massage parlors within a short period of time. The police arrested a suspect just over three hours after the incident. The motif is puzzled.
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Eight people were shot dead on Tuesday in three different massage parlors in the southern US state of Georgia within a short period of time. A good three hours after the incidents in and around the capital Atlanta, the police arrested a 21-year-old who is suspected to have been involved in the incidents, as US media reported, citing the police.
Four people died that afternoon (local time) in Cherokee County, around 50 kilometers north of Atlanta, in an Asian massage parlor. Four other people were shot dead in two Atlanta spas just an hour later. A motif has not yet been announced.
Police: Arrested “very likely” the perpetrator
The Atlanta police said that the detained man was “very likely” responsible for all three incidents, as the broadcaster CNN reported. Videos would prove that. Work is still in progress to confirm that all three cases are related, NBC News reported. At first it was said that there was no evidence that the incidents were related.
