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Washington sniper killings mastermind executed
John Allen Muhammad put to death by lethal injection late on Tuesday.
Washington sniper executed
John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that left 10 dead, was executed as relatives of the victims watched, reliving the killing spree that terrorised the Washington metro area for three weeks in October 2002.
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