Report: Chinese soldier shot in southwestern China

[Coventina]

Source: Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) — An on-duty soldier was shot dead and his machine gun stolen, touching off a terrorism alert Friday in a major Chinese city.

Locals said police cordoned off the area and schools and businesses were instructed to step-up security after a soldier standing guard a military garrison was shot Thursday night in Chongqing. The official Xinhua News Agency said the attackers ran off with the 18-year-old soldier's gun.

An employee at the Huarui Inn near the garrison said witnesses told him police tactical squads arrived at the scene 15 minutes after the attack.

"They haven't allowed vehicles to pass (through the area) since last night. There are more police around," said the man, who hung up when asked for his name.



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[Javaman]

1. My china live in interesting times...

snark.

[AndyTiedye]

2. It is Still a Tragedy for the Soldiers Family

[Javaman]

4. Of course it is.

but at the same time, china is bringing a lot of their internal problems upon themselves.

someone stealing a machine gun and killing someone to get it, is not a good thing.

someone is planning something.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

3. Chongqing (where I once spent a week) is on the edge of the

ethnic minority area. One of the Australian teachers at the university where we stayed told us that he had students of four ethnicities in addition to Han (mainstream) Chinese.

The natives could literally be getting restless.

[xchrom]

5. indeed -- from uygirs to tibet to other ethnic

minorities -- there is stress in china.

but it is largely under reported.