Slain fugitive had gone shopping, visited cinema
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In the days after Zhou Kehua murdered two people earlier this month, he wandered the streets of Chongqing's bustling shopping district and treated himself to two trips to the cinema, local police have revealed.
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A policeman checks Zhou Kehua's belongings after the serial killer was shot dead in Chongqing. |
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Zhou, one of China's most-wanted criminals, was shot dead in a residential alley on Tuesday morning after a shootout with two police officers. The 42-year-old was suspected of killing 10 people and injuring six in a string of robberies over an eight-year period.
On Saturday, Zhou was seen in Chongqing's Guanyinqiao shopping zone in Jiangbei district, one of the city's largest shopping areas. He later went into a nearby shopping mall.
In the shopping mall, Zhou was spotted by a young woman, who reported the sighting to police at about 3:40 pm on Saturday, the Chongqing Daily reported.
The police rushed to the mall but failed to capture him. However, after examining surveillance footages they were able to identify the man as Zhou.
Following his capture, police found two movie tickets among Zhou's personal belongings for movie sessions on Sunday and Monday morning.
The movie theater in the Shapingba district is less than five kilometers from the bank where Zhou was alleged to have committed a murder and robbery. The two movies were the science-fiction action film “Lockout”, and the spy film “The Silent War”.
The police are still investigating where Zhou stashed the large sum of money he stole and robbed over the years, which totals 555,000 yuan ($87,200), and a rifle he robbed from a security guard he murdered at a military barracks in 2009.
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