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John Salvi was convicted of killing two health clinic workers in 1994.
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Tovia Smith, reporter
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Salvi killed two people and wounded five others.
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Tovia Smith, reporter
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He fired shots at three different abortion clinics.
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NPR's Tovia Smith reports that John Salvi, convicted of killing two health clinic workers in 1994, was found dead in his Walpole, Massachusetts prison cell today, the victim of an apparent suicide. Salvi killed the two people and wounded five others in the most serious anti-abortion violence in US history when he fired shots at 3 different abortion clinics. He claimed he was combatting an anti-Catholic conspiracy.
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