Asian Americans hold anti-racism rally after eight killed in Atlanta spa shootings

Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in the US state of Georgia to show their support for the Asian American community, which has been rocked by three shootings last week which left eight people dead, six of them Asian women.

The killings at three day spas follow a year of mounting anti-Asian violence in the United States.

Community leaders say the increase is due to Asian Americans being blamed for coronavirus, first identified in China in late…