Doctor shot at abortion clinic

Thursday 11 March 1993 00:02 GMT

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PENSACOLA (Reuter) - A doctor was shot and killed yesterday by a protester outside an abortion clinic.

Police arrived at the Pensacola Medical Services clinic, which opened last October, yesterday morning where a dozen demonstrators were marching outside, and found Dr David Gunn had been shot several times in the chest.

Gunn died in hospital. One of the protesters was arrested and will be charged with murder.

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