6 Asian women among 8 killed in Atlanta spa shootings

South Korea's foreign ministry says victims include four women of Korean descent

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An Atlanta police officer works at the scene outside of the Gold Spa in Atlanta, Georgia on March 16 after a deadly shooting. © Reuters

ATLANTA (Reuters) -- Eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, were shot dead in a string of attacks at day spas in and around Atlanta, and a man suspected of carrying out the killings was in custody on Wednesday in southern Georgia, police said.

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