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AAP General News (Australia)
08-13-2010
VIC:Three shot to death in Melbourne

Two people have been killed in a Melbourne shooting this afternoon .. and a third man
is believed to have escaped .. with fears a new gangland war is underway.

Six hours after crime family patriarch MACCHOUR CHAOUK was gunned down at his home
in Melbourne's west .. a gunman outside Players on Lygon bar on a busy Friday afternoon
in Carlton .. killed one man with several shots.

A witness says he chased another man across busy Lygon Street and through a park before
returning to the bar and killing the second man.

Police believe the victims are in their 60s or 70s.

One man .. believed to be in his 50s .. was arrested in the bar and taken into custody by police.

Detective Sergeant WAYNE WOLTSCHE said it doesn't appear the Carlton double murder
is connected with this morning's CHAOUK shooting in Brooklyn.

He says more than 30 people were in the bar at the time of the shooting and police
are speaking to witnesses.

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KEYWORD: SHOOTING VIC (MELBOURNE)

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