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Sean Morrison

Atlanta shootings: Asian women among eight killed at three spas in state of Georgia

Six Asian women are among eight people killed in shootings at three different spas in the US state of Georgia.

Police said four people were killed at a massage parlour in Acworth, a suburb in Atlanta.

Four more were killed at two other spas in the city.

South Korea confirmed that four of the victims were of Korean descent.

Officials said a 21-year-old man was arrested. He is believed to be the suspect in all three attacks.

A motive for Tuesday’s shootings is yet to be established.

Atlanta Police chief Rodney Bryant said all four victims were female, and "it appears that they may be Asian".

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Atlanta police officers responding to a call of a robbery in progress at one spa around 5.50pm found three women dead from gunshot wounds.

While they were at that scene, they learned of a call reporting shots fired at another spa across the street.

There they found a woman who appeared to have been shot dead inside the business.

Earlier, at about 5pm local time, five people were shot at Young's Asian Massage Parlour in Acworth, Cherokee County Sheriff's Office spokesman Captain Jay Baker said.

Two of the victims were dead and three were taken to a hospital where two of them also died, Captain Baker said.

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A man suspected in the Acworth shooting was captured by surveillance video pulling up to the business around 4.50pm on Tuesday, minutes before the shooting, authorities said.

Captain Baker said the suspect, Robert Aaron Long, of Woodstock, was taken into custody in Crisp County, about 150 miles south of Atlanta.

He said they believe Long is also the suspect in the Atlanta shootings.

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