Two mass shootings in US leave 29 dead as Trump faces barrage of criticism
by Sam Levin in El Paso, Texas, and Oliver Laughland from World news | The Guardian on (#4MK10)
- 20 killed in El Paso, Texas, and nine killed in Dayton, Ohio
- US reels from killings as Trump faces criticism over immigration
Donald Trump faced a barrage of criticism on Sunday as the US reeled from a brutal mass shooting in the border city of El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, linked to white nationalism and anti-immigrant hate rhetoric.
A total of 20 people were killed in the majority Latino city, nestled in western Texas on the US-Mexico border, as federal authorities investigated a potential hate crime and local prosecutors charged a 21-year-old white man, Patrick Crusius, with murder and said they would pursue the death penalty.
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