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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

Three more victims of 9/11 terrorist attacks identified in New York City

a person runs through a memorial
The Empty Sky 9/11 memorial in New Jersey on 11 September 2024. Photograph: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

Advances in DNA testing have allowed forensic scientists to identify three more victims of the terrorist attacks in New York City on 11 September 2001, authorities in Manhattan have confirmed.

The development brings to 1,653 the number of individuals who have been positively identified from the 2,753 who died after al-Qaida terrorists flew two hijacked commercial aircraft into the twin towers of the World Trade Center on that morning.

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