Chinese man arrested for killing 19 people in remote village in Yunnan

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A man has been arrested following a mass killing in a remote village in China’s Yunnan province that claimed the lives of 19 people.

The attack took place in Yema Village in Huize County on Wednesday night. According to Chinese outlet, Sina, the suspect, identified as 27-year-old Yang Qingpei, allegedly visited his relatives to borrow money to repay his gambling debt and killed them when they refused to lend him money.

Police came to one of the houses on Thursday morning and found two bodies. They then checked five houses nearby and found 17 more bodies. All victims were related to the suspect. The oldest was seventy-two and the youngest was just three years old.

The suspect was arrested on Thursday afternoon in Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan province, about 200 km away from Yema village.

RUNDOWN SHOWS:
1. A view of the remote village where the murders took place
2. The suspect demanding for money from two relatives; depiction of the suspect about the kill the relatives
3. Police discover bodies in different houses
4. Depiction of the suspect was caught in Kunming

VOICEOVER (in English):
“The attack took place in the poor, remote village of Yema.”

“The suspect is believed to have begun the spree Wednesday evening when he killed a number of relatives who refused to lend him money to service his gambling debts.”

“Police came to one of the houses the next morning morning and found two bodies. More were found in five nearby houses. A total of 19 people were killed, all of them related to the suspect.”

“The suspect was arrested the Thursday afternoon in Kunming, the provincial capital of Yunnan, some 200 km from Yema village.”

SOURCES: CRIENGLISH.COM, RTHK, SINA
http://english.cri.cn/12394/2016/09/2...
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component...
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2016-09-29/...
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