President Biden has announced a proclamation ordering flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the victims of the Atlanta area shooting.

Per the proclamation, flags will be flown at half-staff at the White House and other federal buildings and on military bases, as well as embassies and other facilities abroad, until sunset on March 22 “as a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on March 16, 2021, in the Atlanta Metropolitan area.

”Eight people were shot dead at three metro Atlanta spas on Tuesday. Six were Asian women.Police have not yet offered a motive in the bloody attacks, but because of many of the victims' backgrounds, some public officials and organizations have raised concerns that ethnicity came into play.

It comes amid an alarming spike in violence directed at the Asian American community in recent months.

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