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Violent crime rise alarms activists

By Brian R. Ballou

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 24, 2012

After one homicide in the first five weeks of the year, there have been four in the past two weeks combined with a series of non-fatal shootings. The victims range from an 18-year-old Lynn man to a well-known 72-year-old Dorchester woman.

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