Suspected school attackers detained
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May 6, 2010, Thursday
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POLICE in east China's Jiangsu Province said yesterday they had detained two men suspected of threatening to carry out new attacks on schools following a string of attacks last week.
A man surnamed Liu, 39, was detained on May 2, seven days after he sent a letter blackmailing the principal of Chunxing Primary School in Wuxi City on April 26, local police said in a statement.
"If you don't want the tragedy in Nanping to repeat here in Wuxi ... I'm so poor and I hope your school could help me out by putting 100,000 yuan (US$14,700) into my account ... Otherwise, I'll have no other choice but to do it," the letter said, referring to the attack in Nanping, Fujian Province, in which a man killed eight primary school children in March.
Liu confessed that he opened the bank account using someone's lost ID card.
Liu is under criminal detention awaiting further legal procedures.
Initial investigations showed Liu had little school education, a meager income and gambled a lot.
Another man was placed in custody for writing an online post in Jiangyin City, Wuxi, on May 1 that said: "Find some kid to kill for fun."
The 20-year-old surnamed Hu said the post was "a joke" and was given three days' administrative detention from May 3 to 5.
The Wuxi municipal government has sent more than 1,000 police and 3,000 security guards to be on duty near local kindergartens, primary and junior high schools as of yesterday.
The two cases came after a string of attacks on school and kindergarten children since March.
A man surnamed Liu, 39, was detained on May 2, seven days after he sent a letter blackmailing the principal of Chunxing Primary School in Wuxi City on April 26, local police said in a statement.
"If you don't want the tragedy in Nanping to repeat here in Wuxi ... I'm so poor and I hope your school could help me out by putting 100,000 yuan (US$14,700) into my account ... Otherwise, I'll have no other choice but to do it," the letter said, referring to the attack in Nanping, Fujian Province, in which a man killed eight primary school children in March.
Liu confessed that he opened the bank account using someone's lost ID card.
Liu is under criminal detention awaiting further legal procedures.
Initial investigations showed Liu had little school education, a meager income and gambled a lot.
Another man was placed in custody for writing an online post in Jiangyin City, Wuxi, on May 1 that said: "Find some kid to kill for fun."
The 20-year-old surnamed Hu said the post was "a joke" and was given three days' administrative detention from May 3 to 5.
The Wuxi municipal government has sent more than 1,000 police and 3,000 security guards to be on duty near local kindergartens, primary and junior high schools as of yesterday.
The two cases came after a string of attacks on school and kindergarten children since March.
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