China Chronicles September 25, 2012

  • Suspect seized for killing 3 girl students in Zhengzhou

    THE man who is suspected to have killed three female students in a school dormitory in Zhengzhou, central Henan Province early this morning has been caught, the local Dahe Daily reported.

    The suspect, whose name and age were unrevealed, was apprehended on a long-distance bus at about 2pm by Zhengzhou police. Previous reports said the man was around 20 years old.

    Police said the man broke into the girls' dormitory in Henan Polytechnics School around 5am and killed three students with a knife.

    Police said the suspect is not a student of the school but is an online dater with one of the three murdered students.

  • 3 girls slain in school dormitory in Zhengzhou

    POLICE in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Police are hunting for a young man who broke into a school dormitory for girls and killed three girl students early this morning, the city's news website zynew.com reported.

    Police said a man around 20 years old broke into the dormitory of Henan Vocational School around 5am. He had a dagger and killed three students there.

    Police cordoned off the murder scene and used sniffer dogs to hunt for the suspect. The case is still under investigation.

  • China's first aircraft carrier commissioned

    CHINA'S first aircraft carrier was delivered and commissioned to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy today, according to a report by National Defense Ministry's official website.
    Overseen by top Chinese leaders, the carrier, with a name of "Liaoning" and hull number 16, was officially handed over at a ceremony held in a naval base of northeast China's Dalian Port.

  • Toll rises to 20 in Gansu coal mine accident

    The death toll has climbed to 20 in this morning's mine accident in northwest China's Gansu Province early this morning, the provincial administration of work safety said.
    The locomotive with 34 workers aboard its two carriages slipped down and overturned 150 meters further at 0:25 am when a steel wire powering the vehicle up a 28-degree 704-meter-long slope broke 80 meters away from the entrance of a colliery pit in the city of Baiyin, China Central TV said. .
    A total of 27 workers at the Qusheng Coal Mining Co. have been taken out of the pit, but 20 of them were dead. Among the 14 survisors, three were severely injured.
    The rescue operation is still underway.
    The coal mine, which began operation in 2003, has a designed annual production capacity of 90,000 tons.

  • Death toll rises to 20 in coal mine accident in Gansu

    THE death toll has climbed to 20 in this morning's mine accident in northwest China's Gansu Province early this morning, the provincial administration of work safety said.
    The locomotive with 34 workers aboard its two carriages slipped down and overturned 150 meters further at 0:25 am when a steel wire powering the vehicle up a 28-degree 704-meter-long slope broke 80 meters away from the entrance of a colliery pit in the city of Baiyin, China Central TV said. .
    A total of 27 workers at the Qusheng Coal Mining Co. have been taken out of the pit, but 20 of them were dead. Among the 14 survisors, three were severely injured.
    The rescue operation is still underway.
    The coal mine, which began operation in 2003, has a designed annual production capacity of 90,000 tons.



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