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10,000 Die in France Heat in “Holocaust of the Elderly”

HeadlineAug 22, 2003

In France, it now believed that over 10,000 people have died as a result of the recent heat wave. The Independent of London describe what has happened as a “Holocaust of the elderly.” Most of the dead are believed to be over 75 years old.

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