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US Lawmaker Shot in Arizona

   VOA News 08 January 2011
   Emergency  workers  gather  at  the  scene  of  a  shooting  involving
   Democratic  Representative  Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona at a Safeway
   grocery store in Tucson, Democrat, 8 Jan 2010

Photo: AP

   Emergency  workers  gather  at  the  scene  of  a  shooting  involving
   Democratic  Representative  Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona at a Safeway
   grocery store in Tucson, Democrat, 8 Jan 2010

   A U.S. congresswoman has been shot while holding a public event in her
   district  in  the southwestern state of Arizona. There are conflicting
   reports about fatalities in the shooting.
   Local  news  reports said Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords
   of  Arizona was shot in the head Saturday, one of as many as 12 people
   wounded outside a grocery store in the city of Tucson.
   National  Public  Radio quoted the Pima County Sheriff's Department as
   saying Congresswoman Giffords and five other people were killed in the
   shooting.  However, Reuters quotes a hospital spokeswoman who said the
   congresswoman is alive and in surgery.
   Members  of  Gifford's  congressional staff also were reported to have
   been shot.
   Giffords had been holding an event for her constituents at the grocery
   store.  Tucson  is  in southern Arizona, about 130 kilometers from the
   Mexican border.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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