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Four US marines killed in Tennessee “terrorist” attack

Published July 16th, 2015 - 08:35 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Four Marines and a gunman have been killed in two shooting incidents at military sites in the US state of Tennessee.

The incident is being investigated as an "act of domestic terrorism," officials said. The Marines were killed at one naval reserve centre, the FBI said. It added that it believed the gunman acted alone.

The gunman in the Tennessee shootings has been identified as Muhammad Youssef Abulazeez, according to CBS News, which cited two law enforcement officials.

The four Marines were killed in the shootings in two naval reserve recruitment centres in Chattanooga.

The gunman was also killed.

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