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Murder charges laid after case of slain Black jogger sparks outrage in U.S.

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Two men have been arrested and charged with murder more than two months after the shooting death of a Black man in Georgia that sparked outrage over racial injustice.

Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34, are also facing charges of aggravated assault in connection to the armed pursuit and shooting of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) announced Thursday.

The pair were taken into custody the same day. Neither man was arrested or charged in the wake of the Feb. 23 shooting, to which they have both admitted.

The father and son, who are both white, told police they thought Arbery was a suspected burglar who had targeted homes in their neighbourhood just outside Brunswick, Ga.

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