Shootings suspect named

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 @ 00:32

by a staff reporter

A UNITED STATES army veteran with links to the far Right has been named as the suspect in the shooting at a Sikh temple in the US last Sunday. Six people were killed, and many others were injured.

The suspect is Michael Wade, who was shot dead by police at the Sikh temple, in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. This shooting came 16 days after 12 people were killed and 58 were wounded by a gunman at a film première in Colorado (News, 27 July).

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