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US sees anti-record for number of mass murders
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- 14 July, 2023
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At least 28 massacres have occurred in the US in six months of 2023, the highest since 2006, Report informs referring to TASS.
The previous anti-record was set in the second half of 2022. Then there were 27 massacres in the country.
In 2023, 27 out of 28 murders were committed with the use of firearms, only one of the tragedies occurred as a result of arson. At least 140 people were killed in the incidents.
Earlier, US President Joe Biden called "epidemic" violence with firearms in the country. According to the US non-profit group Gun Violence Archive, shooting incidents in the US in 2022 claimed the lives of more than 43,600 people.
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