nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3 89S7|||Spa Shootings Expose Frustration And Debate Over ‘Hate Crime’ Label||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Most of the victims were women of Asian descent. Authorities say it’s too early to declare the attacks a hate crime — but advocates say there’s a pattern that can’t be ignored.

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Law enforcement officials confer outside one of multiple crime scenes Tuesday. Shootings at two spas in Atlanta and one in the suburbs left eight people dead, six of them women of Asian descent.

Brynn Anderson/AP

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Brynn Anderson/AP

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Spa Shootings Expose Frustration And Debate Over ‘Hate Crime’ Label

Most of the victims were women of Asian descent. Authorities say it’s too early to declare the attacks a hate crime — but advocates say there’s a pattern that can’t be ignored.

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