Georgia shootings

Georgia shootings

Men hold flowers during a vigil at a makeshift memorial outside the Gold Spa following the deadly shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, US March 21, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Atlanta shooting of Asian women was racially motivated, US senator says

The incidence of hate crimes against Asian-Americans rose by 149% in 2020 in 16 major US cities compared with 2019

Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock in Cherokee County poses in a jail booking photograph after he was taken into custody by the Crisp County Sheriff's Office in Cordele, Georgia, US March 16, 2021.

Man charged with killing 8 people at Georgia massage parlors

People grieve while Jesus Estrella, 21 holds a sign outside Young's Asian Massage following the deadly shootings in Acworth, Georgia, U.S. March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

For Asian-Americans, Atlanta shooting sows fresh fear after a year of mounting discrimination

A woman working at the crime scene at Gold Spa heads across the street to Aromatherapy Spa after deadly shootings at a massage parlor and two day spas in the Atlanta area, in Atlanta, Georgia, US March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry

Eight killed, including six women of Asian descent, at shootings at Atlanta day spas