Man shot dead after stabbing 13
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Police shot and killed an allegedly insane man after he stabbed dead a pedestrian and injured 12 others in a street in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province early Thursday.
At around 7:09 a.m., local police received calls from members of the public in Acheng district of Harbin, the provincial capital, reporting that a man had assaulted pedestrians with a knife on Pailu Avenue, said a police spokesman.
Police rushed to the scene and shot Pan Yuanfei dead as he allegedly attacked two policemen with a knife after tear gas failed to subdue him.
Four of the 12 injured were seriously hurt and all were being treated in hospital.
The first victim was Pan's elder sister, who lives in Pailu Avenue and was seriously wounded at her home. The other 12 victims were unknown to Pan.
Local people said the alleged killer had suffered from a mental disorder, which police did not confirm.
Pan was 38 years old and a native of Mao'ershan town of Harbin, said a police spokesman.
The spokesman said Pan had been sentenced to six years in jail for robbery in 1991.
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