nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 1TXN|||Suspect Charged With Murder In Killing Of 8 People At Atlanta-Area Spas||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Six women of Asian descent are among the dead. The attacks take place against a backdrop of discrimination and violence against Asian Americans that has increased sharply in the past year.

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Mourners visit and leave flowers at the site of two shootings at spas across the street from one another on Wednesday in Atlanta. Eight people were killed in three shootings on Tuesday; a suspect has been charged with murder and assault.

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Suspect Charged With Murder In Killing Of 8 People At Atlanta-Area Spas

Six women of Asian descent are among the dead. The attacks take place against a backdrop of discrimination and violence against Asian Americans that has increased sharply in the past year.