China Police Kill Kidnapper Armed With Explosives
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published January 13, 2020 | 10:00 AM
Beijing, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Jan, 2020 ) :Police in China shot and killed a kidnapper who held three people hostage using a homemade gun and explosive devices, local authorities said Monday, in a rare case involving firearms in the country.
The incident took place in Hohhot, capital of the northern Inner Mongolia region, on Sunday at around 11:00 am (0300 GMT).
The suspect, surnamed Zhou, had fired the gun as a threat, Hohhot police said on their account on the Twitter-like Weibo platform.
Later that evening, officers "decisively shot and killed the suspect" before successfully removing the explosive devices from the hostages.
The case is under further investigation, they said.
Incidents involving homemade explosives have occurred elsewhere in China, such as northeast Liaoning province, where three people were injured in an attack on a police station last March.
In July 2018, a 26-year-old man set off a small explosion outside the United States embassy in Beijing, injuring his hand and sending smoke into the air.
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