Police Arrest Three in Killings of 14 Villagers
From Times Wire Reports
Police in China’s northern province of Shanxi have arrested three men in the killings of 14 fellow villagers, police said today.
The armed trio broke into the homes of nine families in Dayukou village on the outskirts of Jinzhong, killed 14 people and wounded three around midnight on Friday, state media reported.
“It was probably out of revenge over some business disputes,” a Jinzhong police officer said, adding that most of the victims were village officials, local mining bosses and their family members.
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