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Police at the door of a massage parlor in Atlanta, USA, where the shooting took place
According to police in Atlanta, Georgia, most of the eight killed were “Asian” women, who were killed in a series of shootings at various massage parlors in Acworth, a suburb of Atlanta.
The South Korean government has previously confirmed that at least four of the dead were of Korean descent.
Although the United States police stated that it is too early to say that the case is related to racial hatred, some Asian human rights organizations have stated that the Asian American community is currently “full of fear and pain” regardless of whether the case is related to “Asian hate.”
United States Police: “The motive for the crime is temporarily unclear”
Police said a 21-year-old man suspected of participating in a series of shootings was arrested.
The police investigation is still ongoing and the suspect’s motive for the crime is temporarily unclear. However, there have been concerns that this serial murder may target the Asian ethnic group.
The United States has previously had authoritative investigative reports showing that violent crimes against Asians have increased during the new corona epidemic. According to survey data from the Center for Research on Hate and Extremism at the University of California, San Bernardino, the number of violent crimes against Asia in the United States in 2019-20 has increased by 150% year-on-year.
The study believes that the main reason for the increase in crimes against Asia is that some political circles and media in the United States continue to preach that Asians spread the virus.
US President Biden also specifically condemned “hate crimes” against Asian Americans in a speech last week, including violent attacks, verbal intrusions, baseless accusations and the use of Asian Americans as scapegoats. .
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Police found 4 bodies of women inside and outside the Gold Spa beauty salon
US Social Response
Although the United States police stated that the motives for the alleged crime were temporarily unclear and that it was too early to say that the case was related to racial hatred, some Asian human rights organizations have stated that it is true that the Asian American community is “Full of fear and pain” at this time, and the government must also “something to explain.”
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said: “The motive (for the crime) is unclear, but crimes against any community are crimes against all of us.”
Noted civil rights attorney Ben Crump also said via Twitter: “Today’s tragic assassination in Atlanta demonstrates once again that we need to strengthen the protection of all marginalized minorities in the United States against racism.”
After the incident, Atlanta police said they had stepped up security patrols near similar businesses.
The New York Police Department also said that while there is no evidence that the case has anything to do with New York, they have also decided to strengthen security patrols around similar businesses in the local area.
The Seattle Police Department also stated that it will increase support and outreach to the local Asian community and vowed to increase police patrols.
US Secretary of State Blincoln, who is about to meet with South Korean officials, said he was shocked by the violent crimes and said such violent crimes will not be tolerated in the United States.
The White House also stated that President Biden has heard a report on the investigation process of the “horrible” case mentioned above.
A detailed review of the shoot.
The shooting is reported to have occurred around 5 p.m. local time on March 16.
The police first received the call to the police and learned that there was a shooting at a business called “Young’s Asian Massage”. Two Asian women, a white woman, and a white man were killed, and another Latino man was killed.
Less than an hour after the aforementioned case occurred, police again received a report, stating that a “robbery” occurred at a “Gold Spa” in the northeast suburbs of Atlanta.
When the police arrived, four more female bodies were found inside and outside the beauty salon.
According to CCTV footage, police arrested a 21-year-old man named Robert Aaron Long shortly after.
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Robert Long
Sheriff Baker, who is in charge of the investigation of the case, said he was “confident” to confirm that the arrested suspect was the perpetrator of the shooting.
Although the South Korean government has confirmed that 4 of them are of Korean descent, the American police have yet to announce the identity of the victims.
