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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.
Key points:
- Community leaders say violence against Asian Americans has spiked since the pandemic began
- Newly elected senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff led the rally in remembering the victims
- A GoFundMe page has been set up by the son of one of the victims, a Korean-born single mother
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…
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