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Friday, February 9, 2024

Four killed, one injured in market shooting

Authorities have detained and identified the shooter, whose uncle was among the dead.

• February 9, 2024
Georgia police
Georgia police[creddit : Dallas GA]

Four people were killed and another one injured after a shooting at a market in the city of Rustavi in the southeast of Georgia.

The country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Friday.

Authorities have detained and identified the shooter, whose uncle was among the dead.

The injured person was the shooter’s cousin and had been taken to the hospital, the ministry’s statement said.

The shooter worked in a market with his relatives, and they had a conflict, a local TV channel reported.

(Xinhua/NAN)

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