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Why Laguna Woods? Mysteries still loom in Taiwanese church shooting

John Cheng, a 52- year-old victim who was killed in Sunday’ s shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church.

LOS ANGELES — While the suspect in the Laguna Woods church shooting has been charged with multiple felony counts, some key mysteries remain about the attack on a Taiwanese church that left one dead and five wounded.

The attack has left the south Orange County suburb reeling and has also become an international incident because investigators believe the suspect — David Wenwei Chou — was motivated by hatred of Taiwan. Relations between Communist-ruled China and democratic Taiwan have grown strained in recent years, as Beijing has ramped up calls for unification, while more Taiwanese oppose the mainland’s aggression and influence.

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