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Natalie Koh

Police have arrested a man after he shot and killed five people in China’s northern Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Monday.
The man killed people in three different locations between 3.30pm and 4.20pm, the authorities said.
The Beijing News reported that the man was arrested after police shot and wounded him in Kailu county, Tongliao city. It said firearms and ammunition were confiscated from him.
Police did not describe the man or say whether anyone else was injured, Associated Press reported.

But witnesses said that the gunman seemed to know the victims, according to Beijing Times.
Gun crime is rare in China, where private firearm ownership is almost entirely forbidden, although guns can be bought on the black market through online dealers.
Regulations introduced in 2014 authorised police officers to carry guns, after decades in which Chinese police were unarmed.


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Man shoots people dead in three locations in Inner Mongolia region
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Police shoot gunman after he kills five in northern China

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}Man shoots people dead in three locations in Inner Mongolia region Witnesses say he seemed to know the victims

Man shoots people dead in three locations in Inner Mongolia region

Witnesses say he seemed to know the victims