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Gun death in Singapore

Police in Singapore have classified a rare shooting incident in the city-state as an attempted murder suicide.

The 50-year old security guard first shot and wounded his wife and another woman at the Institute of Southeast Asian studies before shooting himself in the head.

Shootings are rare in Singapore, which has strict gun control laws and low rates of crime.

25/04/2002 04:43:51 | ABC Radio Australia News

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