Society

Bus-hijacking murder suspect shot dead by police

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-06-11 17:35

NANNING - A man who was suspected of killing a woman during a scuffle at a local market was shot to death on Saturday in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region after hijacking a bus with eight passengers on board, police said.

The incident occurred at 10:30 am, when police received a report that a fight at a market in the region's city of Laibin had resulted in a woman's death, a spokesman with the Laibin Public Security Bureau said.

The suspect hijacked the bus with a knife while fleeing police officers at the market. The man later forced the bus to pass a highway toll gate near the city of Liujiang. He was confronted and shot dead by police after passing the toll gate at about 1:30 pm, the spokesman said.

No one else was harmed during the confrontation, and police are continuing to investigate the case, the spokesman said.