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Atlanta massage parlor shootings leave eight dead including six Asian women Oliver Laughland, Peter Beaumont and agencies
A series of shootings at three massage parlors in the Atlanta area have left eight people dead, the majority of them women of Asian descent, leading to fears the killer had a racial motive.
A 21-year-old man, Robert Aaron Long, is a suspect in the shootings, and was taken into custody in south-west Georgia about 150 miles (240km) from the city after his car was intercepted by police after a manhunt.
The killings occurred amid a rising number of attacks on Asian Americans across the US since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Six of those killed were Asian while two were white.
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Atlanta ‘sex addict shooter’ Robert Aaron Long charged after ‘killing 8’ at massage parlors to ‘take out temptation’
Updated: Mar 17 2021, 20:58 ET
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THE sex addict who allegedly killed eight at massage parlors in Atlanta has been charged over the attack.
God-fearing Robert Aaron Long, 21, took responsibility for the shootings and told cops that the massage parlors were a temptation that he wanted to eliminate.
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Eight people were dead after shootings at three spas in the Atlanta areaCredit: Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office
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Atlanta Police held a press conference on Wednesday following the shootingsCredit: AP
Long was arrested on Tuesday night after leading cops on a three hour car chase, Cherokee County Sheriff s spokesperson Howard J Baker said.
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