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Fugitive serial killer gunned down in Chongqing
By Li Qian |
August 14, 2012, Tuesday
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CHINA'S most wanted fugitive Zhou Kehua exchanged gunshots with police before he was shot dead this morning in Chongqing Municipality in southwest China, police told the state-run CCTV.
The 42-year-old serial killer who murdered nine people and injured five others in the past eight years was spotted at 6:45am in the Tongjiaqiao area in the city's Shapingba District and two officers followed him into a lane.
Zhou suddenly turned around and fired three shots at the two plainclothed officers. One officer hid himself behind a pole, another clung to a wall. They shot Zhou dead with four bullets, CCTV said.
Police found two pistols at Zhou's side, 300 yuan (US$47.16) in cash and some tickets in his pocket.
Chonqqing police said they found the trail of Zhou in a downtown shopping center on August 11, one day after he killed one woman and injured two men in an armed robbery outside a local bank office.
But he did not escape into the Gele Mountain where he was believed hiding. To confuse him, police and troops were still sent to the mountain in a large-scale manhunt while special squads closed in on him in downtown, CCTV said.
Zhou's body has been taken away and many police are guarding the scene.
The 42-year-old serial killer who murdered nine people and injured five others in the past eight years was spotted at 6:45am in the Tongjiaqiao area in the city's Shapingba District and two officers followed him into a lane.
Zhou suddenly turned around and fired three shots at the two plainclothed officers. One officer hid himself behind a pole, another clung to a wall. They shot Zhou dead with four bullets, CCTV said.
Police found two pistols at Zhou's side, 300 yuan (US$47.16) in cash and some tickets in his pocket.
Chonqqing police said they found the trail of Zhou in a downtown shopping center on August 11, one day after he killed one woman and injured two men in an armed robbery outside a local bank office.
But he did not escape into the Gele Mountain where he was believed hiding. To confuse him, police and troops were still sent to the mountain in a large-scale manhunt while special squads closed in on him in downtown, CCTV said.
Zhou's body has been taken away and many police are guarding the scene.
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