CHINA: Three policemen shot dead in gunfire exchange

Record ID: 1962898

  • Title: CHINA: Three policemen shot dead in gunfire exchange
  • Date: 6th January 2011
  • Summary: TAI'AN, SHANDONG PROVINCE, CHINA (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (JANUARY 4, 2011) (CCTV - NO ACCESS CHINA) STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF DAMAGED CARS AFTER SHOOTING STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF PARAMILITARY POLICE STANDING IN FRONT OF VEHICLE STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF MEN SURROUNDING SUSPECT STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF MAN SEATED ON BACK OF SUSPECT ON GROUND STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF MEN CARRYING SUSPECT WHO COMMITTED
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  • Location: China, China
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA2GZ7HCQVJXCCJNJ6PP3MLRJIK
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: Three policemen were shot dead and six people injured in a rare shoot-out in eastern China, a nation where guns are strictly controlled, state media and the public security ministry said on Wednesday (January 5).
    Two men fired at policemen who were entering an apartment during a murder investigation in Tai'an in Shandong province on Tuesday (January 4) morning, state-run China Central Television (CCTV) reported.
    Two civilians were among the injured from the shoot-out, the public security ministry said.
    The ministry did not disclose the identities of the two men, but local media reported that the apartment belonged to the brother of a suspect from a murder case in another city in the province.
    The men then fled, hijacking four cars shooting at police all the while before crashing into a tree and being cornered by police. One was arrested, while the other shot himself to death at the scene, the ministry said.
    "We barricaded several roads, but they forced their way through all of them. They had already given up hope of living. Overall they damaged five traffic police vehicles," said Li Taiwen, vice commissar of the Shandong Tai'an City traffic police.
    A double-barrelled shotgun, a pistol, a dagger and more than 180 bullets were recovered.
    It is illegal to hold guns in China but gun-related crimes have been on the rise in recent years.
    In June last year, a man wielding three guns shot dead two senior judges and another court official in the central Chinese province of Hunan and then killed himself.
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