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Highland Park(another black day)

Sorin Adam

Haiku
July 4 parade,
It wasn't a holiday,
Just gunshots and dead.

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NBC news, July 4, 2022, 7:25 PM EEST: HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — A person of interest in the July Fourth parade attack that killed six people and injured 38 others in suburban Chicago on Monday has been apprehended, authorities said.

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Written on July 05, 2022

Submitted by sorin on July 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABC
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Stanza Lengths 3
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 · 1959 · Bacau

Address: 19 Cornisa Bistritei str., bld.19, Apt.11, zip code: 600098,Bacau, Romania cell phone:0040741691860 more…

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