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US: Georgia massage parlour shootings leave 8 dead; man captured

Atlanta police officers responding to a call of a robbery in progress at one spa around 5:50 pm (local time) found three women dead from apparent gunshot wounds, police said.

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Atlanta Police vehicles outside a massage parlour where shooting took place, in Atlanta, Georgia. Pic/AFP

Atlanta Police vehicles outside a massage parlour where shooting took place, in Atlanta, Georgia. Pic/AFP

Shootings at two massage parlours in Atlanta and one in the suburbs left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said Tuesday. A 21-year-old man was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt.

Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said three people were killed at a spa in northeast Atlanta, while a fourth person was killed at another spa across the street. He said all four victims were female, and 'It appears that they may be Asian'

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