Martin Luther King’s assassination 50 years on: who shot him and where was he killed?

4 April marks a half century since the civil rights leader was gunned down in Memphis

Martin Luther King’s family will join thousands of people in Memphis and scores more across the US this week to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the civil rights leader.

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