BREAKING NEWS

3 Chinese police officers killed in rare shootout

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

JANUARY 5, 2011 05:48

BEIJING — A pair of murder suspects killed three police officers in a shootout after going on a carjacking spree in eastern China, a news report said Wednesday, a rare case of gun violence in a country where private firearms ownership is illegal.

Six other police were wounded in the shootout in Tai'an city in the eastern coastal province of Shandong.

The suspects hijacked four cars in a row, shooting two of the drivers, before they were rammed by a squad car, the China Daily newspaper said.

Three officers died in the shootout with the gunmen, who were armed with a handmade pistol and a double-barreled shotgun. One of the suspects shot himself to death and another was taken into custody.

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