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5 were killed, and 12 others were wounded in 8 shootings in Baltimore, Maryland, near Washington, DC.
Baltimore City Police said the level of violence in the city was extremely worrying, confirming that there was no link between the murders in the city.
For his part, the mayor of the city issued a statement calling for an end to the violence gripping Baltimore, and said that he would question the police and the rest of the authorities about what they were doing before and after the crimes.
The city of Baltimore recorded 348 murders last year, and for the fifth year in a row the number of homicides has exceeded 300 victims, an increase of 40%.
