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Guard dead in NE China bank robbery

Xinhua, November 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

A bank guard was found dead following a failed robbery attempt in the early hours of Monday in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, local authorities said.

A statement from the government of Mishan City said the suspect was spotted by the guard as he was trying to take cash out of the vault of a local bank. The suspect then escaped after abandoning the cash.

The statement did not mention how the suspect got into the vault and how the guard died.

The suspect remains at large.

The police are investigating the case further. Endi