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Ministry sends working group to handle killing spree case

Xinhua, September 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on Thursday sent a working group to oversee handling of a case in Yunnan Province, where 19 people were killed Thursday morning.

The working group will guide local authorities in dealing with the case, the MPS said.

On Thursday morning, 19 people were killed in Yema Village in Huize County, Yunnan.

Local police on Thursday afternoon arrested the suspect Yang Qingpei in the provincial capital of Kunming, about 200 km from the crime scene.

Born in 1989, Yang is a man of Han nationality, the police said.

Further investigation is under way. Endi