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Immigrant farm worker charged with 7 murders in northern California shooting

Immigrant farm worker charged with 7 murders in northern California shooting

JORGE GARCIA and STEVE GORMAN A 66-year-old immigrant farm worker was formally charged with premeditated murder in the fatal shooting of seven co-workers near San Francisco, the second of two gun rampages in California in recent days in which 18 people were killed. Chunli Zhao, a Chinese citizen and the lone suspect in Monday's massacre at two mushroom farms in the seaside town of Half Moon Bay, was formally presented with seven counts of murder and a single count of attempted murder during his first court appearance in nearby Redwood City. Zhao, wearing red-coloured jail garb and enclosed behind a…
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Pope honours priest slain by immigrant; politician urges vendetta

Pope honours priest slain by immigrant; politician urges vendetta

PHILIP PULLELLA  POPE Francis has paid tribute to an Italian priest killed by an immigrant suffering from mental illness, while far-right politician Matteo Salvini called for a "vendetta". Father Roberto Malgesini, 51, who cared for immigrants and other needy people in the northern city of Como, was found dead from a stab wound outside his residence on Tuesday morning. A Tunisian immigrant who police said was mentally ill later turned himself in to authorities. Speaking at the end of his weekly general audience, Francis said Malgesini was killed "by a needy person who he himself was helping, a person who…
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