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Crime Scene in Buffalo (on May 14)
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A month after the allegedly racially motivated attack in a supermarket in the US city of Buffalo, the shooter has also been charged under federal law.
The 18-year-old white man was charged with hate crimes and using a firearm to commit murder, among other things, according to a Wednesday court document.
The man, heavily armed, opened fire in front of and in a supermarket in mid-April.
In addition to ten fatalities, there were three injured.
The shooter was arrested at the scene of the crime.
The investigators assume a racist motive for the accused – 11 of the 13 victims were black.
A 180-page manifesto with racist and violent statements attributed to the accused had also appeared on the Internet.
Earlier this month, he was charged with domestic terrorism and murder as a hate crime in New York state.
Penalties associated with federal crimes are generally higher than those at the state level.
US Attorney General Merrick Garland said the accused could face the death penalty if convicted.
Recently, several serious crimes involving firearms had shaken the United States and rekindled discussions about stricter gun laws.
An 18-year-old gunman shot dead 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in the small Texas town of Uvalde at the end of May.
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