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Saipan gunman kills 4, himself

Tourists among 6 wounded; U.S. commonwealth stunned

Posted: November 21, 2009 at 6:24 a.m.

After going on a shooting rampage that left a trail of victims on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, a gunman drove to a scenic, rocky cliff where untold numbers of Japanese men, women and children plunged to their deaths to avoid capture during World War II, according to police and witness accounts.

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