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Eight killed in Atlanta-area shooting rampage; suspect arrested

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Eight people, including at least six Asian women, were shot dead at a massage parlour and two day spas in the Atlanta area on Tuesday, and a man suspected of carrying out all of the attacks was arrested hours later in southern Georgia, police said.

Four victims were killed and another was wounded in a shooting at about 5pm local time at Young's Asian Massage in Cherokee County, about 40 miles north of Atlanta, said Captain Jay Baker of the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department...

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