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Shanghai knifing toll rises as sixth policeman dies: reports
Shanghai (AFP) July 2, 2008 The death toll from a stabbing rampage by an unemployed man at a Shanghai police station rose to six on Wednesday after another officer died of his injuries, state media reported. The Shanghai Evening Post said a sixth police officer had died from the attack by Yang Jia, 28, who has been reported as seeking revenge after being arrested in October on suspicion of bicycle theft. The paper gave no other details on the latest death and police officials were not immediately available for comment. Yang was overpowered and arrested but only after he stabbed nine police officers and a security guard and managed to make it up to the 21st floor of the Zhabei District police headquarters, the paper said as new details on the attack emerged. Yang began his attack by igniting eight petrol bombs in front of the police station and stabbing a security guard who tried to stop him, the newspaper reported. He then rushed into the building, slashing four police officers in the lobby and duty room before attacking five more "unprepared" officers on the 10th, 11th and 21st floors, it said. He made his way through the building using a combination of stairwells and elevators, the Yangtse Evening Post reported. Most of the dead officers were working desk jobs, according to media reports. In addition to the knife, Yang also carried a hammer, a dust mask and an unspecified type of spray, the Shanghai Evening Post said. Police on Wednesday removed earlier statements posted online after the attack which had said Yang confessed that he had sought revenge for his October arrest. The true motive for the attack might be different, a police spokesman told Caijing magazine, adding that investigators were still looking into the case. Details about Yang trickled out in reports, which said the Beijing native was a lonely man who loved surfing the Internet and reading, particularly art books. Yang was raised by a single mother and did not harm any policewomen during the attack, the official Eastday.com news website noted. Related Links China News from SinoDaily.com
Shanghai knifeman kills five police in revenge attack
Shanghai (AFP) July 1, 2008An unemployed Chinese man armed with a knife killed five policemen in Shanghai on Tuesday when he went on a stabbing frenzy in what authorities said was a revenge attack. |
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