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2 killed in US food plant shooting

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-09-10 11:26

WASHINGTON - Two people were killed and two others were seriously wounded in a shooting at a food factory Thursday night in Philadelphia, authorities said.

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A female suspect was in police custody after the incident which took place at a Kraft Foods baking plant in the northeastern part of the city, local officials were quoted by NBC as saying.