Eight people, seven of them women, have been massacred in

three "massage parlors"

in which prostitution was presumably practiced in the area of ​​the city of Atlanta, in the state of

Georgia

, in the United States.

The authorities have announced the arrest of a person,

Robert Aaron Long

, who, they believe, was "most likely" the perpetrator of the massacre, which could be a racist attack against the Asian community, given that six of the victims are from that ethnicity.

The little information available suggests that Young,

21

, carried out the massacre in a perfectly timed manner, and that he tried to escape from the police.

All

six Asian women

, and one white man and one white woman died in "Asian massage parlors", an expression that in the United States is often used as a euphemism to

refer to brothels where Asian people practice prostitution.

of a low socioeconomic status.

The salons are 50 kilometers

apart, and

Young

He was arrested more than 250 kilometers from the scene of the crime.

The deaths occurred in two attacks, one at 5 p.m. local time (11 p.m. in Spain) and the other approximately 45 minutes later.

Robert Aaron Long, 21, arrested for the murders CRISP COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE / EFE

At the moment it is unknown if the killings are racist, although that is a possibility.

Since the beginning of the

Covid-19

pandemic,

racist attacks on the Asian-American community have increased significantly, to the point that New York City authorities have had to order local police to exaggerate. Take care to avoid this type of crime.

According to official New York statistics,

in 2020 there were 28 racist attacks against people of Asian ethnic characteristics

, while in 2019 there were only three.

The arrival of Covid-19, which some, such as former President Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, refer to as "the Asian virus", has acted, according to some, as the fuse that has triggered racism anti asian.

According to data from the organization

Stop AAPI Hate

(AAPI with the acronym of Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders), last year there were 3,800 attacks against the Asian community in the United States, 35.7% more than the previous year .

Many of these actions are of little importance and remain unreported, such as the case of the African American who sprayed an Asian with insecticide in the city's subway in an attack that was recorded with a mobile phone and posted on YouTube, where it went viral .

The three premises in which the murders took place appear to be engaged in prostitution.

The photos of the places of the massacre, with neon lights and posters with messages like

Youngs Girls

(Young's Girls, although it is misleading with Young Girls) seem to confirm that possibility.

Many of the women who work in these places are immigrants or come from a low-income background.

In addition, two white people, a man and a woman, have died, and one more a Latino, that is, of Ibero-American origin, has been injured.

Another option that is being shuffled by the US media is that Young was what is called in the US an

"incel"

, that is, a person who is

"involuntary celibate"

("involuntary celibate") and that, as he cannot flirt, is dedicated to murdering women.

The

"incels"

, who often organize in communities on social networks, have carried out several killings in recent years in the United States, Canada, and Germany.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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