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American stabbed to death in Beijing
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July 12, 2012, Thursday
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Police have confirmed that a man who was stabbed to death in downtown Beijing yesterday afternoon was from the United States.
The 62-year-old victim, named Howard Thomas Mills, was killed at 3:20pm at the entrance to Qudeng Alley in Xicheng District, according to a statement issued by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau yesterday night.
Mills arrived in China on July 3 with an ordinary passport, said the statement.
The suspect, An Libo, was apprehended by police officers who were on patrol near the scene of the attack.
An, 35, is a native of Zhaozhou County in the city of Daqing, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. He arrived in Beijing yesterday morning by train from his hometown.
Believed to suffer from a mental disorder, An was found to have attacked and robbed people using a knife twice in Shanghai on January 5 and 7 and then sent back to his hometown, said the statement.
Further investigation is under way.
The 62-year-old victim, named Howard Thomas Mills, was killed at 3:20pm at the entrance to Qudeng Alley in Xicheng District, according to a statement issued by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau yesterday night.
Mills arrived in China on July 3 with an ordinary passport, said the statement.
The suspect, An Libo, was apprehended by police officers who were on patrol near the scene of the attack.
An, 35, is a native of Zhaozhou County in the city of Daqing, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. He arrived in Beijing yesterday morning by train from his hometown.
Believed to suffer from a mental disorder, An was found to have attacked and robbed people using a knife twice in Shanghai on January 5 and 7 and then sent back to his hometown, said the statement.
Further investigation is under way.
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