Chinese citizen found dead at Moscow market
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-07-25 08:55

A Chinese citizen was found dead at a Moscow market Friday evening, Interfax news agency reported Saturday.

The body of a male Chinese with gunshot wounds on the head was discovered in a container at the Russian capital's Novoye AST market, Interfax news agency cited police sources as saying.

The victim died two or three hours before his body was found, according to preliminary investigation.

A criminal case has been opened over the death of the Chinese national, whose identity is being examined.

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