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US presidential election

Police thwart Obama assassination plot

By Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington

Published: October 27 2008 22:33 | Last updated: October 27 2008 22:33

US authorities claimed on Monday to have broken up a plot by neo-nazis to engage on a “killing spree” of African Americans, before attempting to assassinate Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate for president.

The justice department charged the alleged white supremacists over an alleged plot to kill 88 African Americans, decapitate another 14, and then attempt to assassinate Mr Obama.

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