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First murder charges filed
against suspected snipers

Prosecutors on Saturday filed the first murder charges in the sniper attacks that terrorised the Washington area and authorities tracked down the co-owner of a blue Chevrolet Caprice in which the two suspects were arrested.

Ten people were killed in the sniper attacks and three wounded.

On Thursday, John Allen Muhammad, 41, and teenager John Lee Malvo, were arrested at a rest stop near Frederick, Maryland.

Maryland authorities filed six first-degree murder counts against Muhammad and Malvo covering the deaths in their area.

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