Foreigner held in armed heists
Source: Xinhua |
June 23, 2012, Saturday
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POLICE have arrested a foreigner accused of robbing taxi drivers at knifepoint in the southern Chinese city of Foshan, local officials said yesterday.
Six robberies against taxi drivers were reported in Foshan from June 12-17. The suspects were said to be two "dark-skinned foreigners," police said, citing victims' accounts.
The pair, tall and masculine compared to local Chinese, attacked taxi drivers at night, using knives to rob them of cash and mobile phones, police said, adding that the reported loss was around 11,000 yuan (US$1,732).
Police did not reveal the nationality of the apprehended suspect, but local media said he was a 33-year-old Nigerian. A knife and meat cleaver were confiscated from him during the arrest.
Foshan is south China's Guangdong Province, the country's manufacturing belt, which hosts a larger proportion of foreigners than most Chinese regions.
Earlier this week, the death of a Nigerian man in a police station in the provincial capital Guangzhou sparked a rally of about 100 Africans. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei on Thursday said the government will investigate and help the Nigerian side appropriately handle the case.
Six robberies against taxi drivers were reported in Foshan from June 12-17. The suspects were said to be two "dark-skinned foreigners," police said, citing victims' accounts.
The pair, tall and masculine compared to local Chinese, attacked taxi drivers at night, using knives to rob them of cash and mobile phones, police said, adding that the reported loss was around 11,000 yuan (US$1,732).
Police did not reveal the nationality of the apprehended suspect, but local media said he was a 33-year-old Nigerian. A knife and meat cleaver were confiscated from him during the arrest.
Foshan is south China's Guangdong Province, the country's manufacturing belt, which hosts a larger proportion of foreigners than most Chinese regions.
Earlier this week, the death of a Nigerian man in a police station in the provincial capital Guangzhou sparked a rally of about 100 Africans. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei on Thursday said the government will investigate and help the Nigerian side appropriately handle the case.
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