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for first aid. A crowd of possibly over a hundred civilians and medical personnel gathered around the scene. Doctors and nurses had arrived earlier than the police. A doctor, aged around 27, attempted to save the injured, but was ambushed and shot dead by the attacker who had been hiding behind
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534:"山东传大型灭门惨案 村民:21人被杀 含1医生2公安 2嫌在逃 | 文学城"
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1031:"初一驚爆18死命案！疑出獄復仇 陸男「鞭炮聲遮槍響」滅村│TVBS新聞網"
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874:"武警行凶？山東莒縣爆重大凶案10多死 一說外務員返鄉「槍殺幾家人」"
837:"「旧正月に山東省で自作銃殺人、１０人以上死傷」…中国当局は報道統制"
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713:"中國山東傳大型滅門慘案！村民：21人被殺包括1醫生2公安2嫌在逃"
505:"中國山東傳大型滅門慘案！村民：21人被殺包括1醫生2公安2嫌在逃"
212:Unknown – likely 3 to 6 assailants
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775:"山东某县命案追踪：官方称受害者超10人，一嫌犯已被控制"
1466:February 2024 crimes in Asia
466:– A similar incident in 1994
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220:Revenge in personal disputes
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655:"网传山东年初一爆枪击案 受害者十余人 | 联合早报"
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626:"網傳山東年初一爆恐怖槍擊案 兇徒刀傷2人再殺醫護"
511:(in Chinese). 2024-02-13.
459:List of massacres in China
110:10 February 2024
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1092:""莒县到底咋了"? 中国媒体屏蔽疑似凶案信息"
446:workers for negligence.
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1491:Mass shootings in China
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1516:Knife attacks in China
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815:"山东日照莒县宅科村一些较为可靠的消息更新"
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1160:near Dalian, Liaoning
1461:2024 crimes in China
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1402:Guangzhou, Guangdong
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1243:Feng County, Jiangsu
966:"網傳莒縣過年發生特大槍殺案 報道被刪"
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1219:Shijiazhuang, Hebei
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