Atlanta spa shootings: US on alert over possible anti-Asian American motive
by Miranda Bryant in New York from on (#5FF4T)
- Six of eight victims at massage parlors were of Asian descent
- Suspect, 21, in custody after manhunt, said to deny racial motive
Law enforcement authorities in cities across the US were on alert on Wednesday amid fears that a series of fatal shootings in Atlanta that killed eight had largely targeted victims because they were Asian Americans.
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