Shooting, robbery suspect on the loose in E. China
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Xinhua, January 6, 2012
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A bullet shell is seen at the crime scene. |
Police in east China's Jiangsu province are searching for a suspect who shot a man during a robbery on Friday.
The victim has been rushed to hospital and it is not known yet whether his injury is life threatening, said a police officer with the Public Security Bureau of Nanjing, the provincial capital.
After making a cash withdrawal, he was robbed and shot by a gun at 9:50 a.m. at a bank on the city's Heyan Road. The suspect escaped by jumping into a vehicle.
A police investigation is underway.
It is illegal for civilians to bear arms in China.
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