Washington Snipers
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It is seven years since one of the Washington snipers, Lee Boyd Malvo, was convicted of murder.
He and John Allen Muhammad had terrorised the US capital for three weeks in autumn 2002, killing at random.
Witness hears from one man who lost his brother during their rampage.
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