Washington (ANTARA News/AFP) - US President Barack Obama said Saturday that a nine-year-old girl and a federal judge were among the dead in a shooting in Arizona in which congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was severely wounded.

"We are still assembling all the facts but we know Representative Giffords was one of the victims, she is currently at a hospital in the area and she is battling for her life," Obama said in an on-camera statement.

"We also know that at least five people lost their lives in this tragedy -- among them were a federal judge John Roll... and a young girl who was barely nine years old.
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