The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltway_sniper_attacks" id="mwyw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Beltway sniper attacks">Beltway sniper attacks</a> begin in Washington, D.C., extending over three weeks and killing 10 people.<sup about="#mwt148" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-28"}}' id="cite_ref-28" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_2#cite_note-28" id="mwzA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 28;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwzQ">[28]</span></a></sup>
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