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Suspect captured after killing 12 in Hunan

By Uking Sun (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-12-13 09:58

Policemen captured the suspect who killed 12 and injured two in a shooting and arson in Anhua County, Yiyang City, Central China's Hunan province, local media reported.

The 34-year-old suspect Liu Aibing was found and seized on a hill in Anhua County at 6:50 am on Sunday.

Suspect captured after killing 12 in Hunan

Policemen investigate at the scene where a farmer killed 12 and injured two in a shooting and arson in Yiyang, Central China's Hunan province, December 12, 2009. [Xinhua] Suspect captured after killing 12 in Hunan

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Liu allegedly attacked them with a hunting rifle and set fire to their houses at 4:00 am on Saturday in a village in Gaoming Township, Anhua County of Yiyang City, central China's Hunan province, local media reported.

The suspect returned home two months ago from Hunan's neighboring province of Guangdong, China's "factory of the world", where he worked as a migrant worker. Liu was also said to have a history of psychiatric illness.

Liu's father and other close relatives are among the dead. The dead age between 6 and 86.