Xenophobia fears sparked as Asian women among 8 killed in Atlanta spa shootings We never know when we re at the wrong place at the wrong time because this was so all of a sudden. A handout booking photo released by the Crisp County Sheriff s Office on 16 March 2021 shows 21-year-old shooting suspect Robert Aaron Long. Picture: Crisp County Sheriff s Office/AFP
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ATLANTA - Six Asian women were among eight people shot and killed at spas around the US city of Atlanta on Tuesday, with a white man in custody on suspicion of staging all three attacks, police said.
The shootings came with many Asian-Americans already on edge following a recent spike in hate crimes against the community, and triggered immediate fears that Asian-run businesses may have been deliberately targeted.
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Six Asian women were among eight people shot and killed at spas around the US city of Atlanta Tuesday, with a white man in custody on suspicion of staging all three attacks, police said.
The shootings came with many Asian-Americans already on edge following a recent spike in hate crimes against the community, and triggered immediate fears that Asian-run businesses may have been deliberately targeted.
Four of the victims were killed at Young s Asian Massage near Acworth, a suburb of Georgia state capital Atlanta, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
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Captain Jay Baker of the Cherokee County sheriff s office told the paper the victims were two Asian women, a white woman, and a white man, while a Hispanic man was wounded.
8 killed in 3 separate spa shootings in US
Police took 21-year-old man in custody on suspicion of staging all three attacks
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March 17, 2021
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Eight people, six of whom were Asian women, were killed in shootings at three different spas in the US state of Georgia on Tuesday, with a 21-year-old man in custody on suspicion of staging all three attacks, police said.
The shootings came with many Asian-Americans already on edge following a recent spike in hate crimes against the community and triggered immediate fears that Asian-run businesses may have been deliberately targeted.
Four of the victims were killed at Young s Asian Massage near Acworth, a suburb of Georgia s capital city Atlanta, the
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Updated March 17, 2021
A 21-year-old man suspected in the shootings was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt, police said.
A 21-year-old gunman with a “sex addiction” has taken responsibility for killing eight people in spas around the US city of Atlanta, but denied a racial motive to the attacks that have shaken the country’s Asian community, police said Wednesday.
Six of the victims of Tuesday night’s killings were of Asian origin, exacerbating concerns over a surge in violence targeting the community during the pandemic.
Authorities however stressed they had not determined the motive of the shooter, identified as Robert Aaron Long, a white man who is believed to have acted alone.