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Thu 03 Mar 2010'Leprechaun' robber shot by US police
Two bank robbery suspects, including one dressed in a green leprechaun costume, have been shot dead after a St Patrick's Day chase and shootout with police in Tennessee.
A police spokesman said First State Bank in the Nashville suburb of Gallatin was held up by a costumed man carrying a large gun yesterday afternoon. The man fled the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash and jumped into a waiting car driven by the other man.
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