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Brooklyn race killings spark citywide manhunt
Police vow full resources to catch white assailants who killed William Turks and injured two other black Transit Authority workers at a bagel shop in a largely white Brooklyn neighborhood. Authorities call the attack racially motivated and Mayor Koch offers a reward if suspects are not found quickly.
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