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A prominent Republican politician and his aides have been shot at a Republican party baseball practice in Virginia.

Steve Scalise, the house majority whip, was shot in the hip and an aide, Zach Barth, was also injured.

Five people in total were taken to hospital from the scene, and the gunman - named by AP and the Washington Post as 66-year-old James Hodgkinson - died in hospital.




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