Killer comes out of cave after three years, arrested

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(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-07-22 09:19

A man who allegedly killed a six-year-old boy and then hid in the mountains for three years was arrested on Tuesday after he came out of his cave to hunt for food in Gansu province.

Xu, a farmer in Mayingsan village in Wenxian county, killed his neighbor's son after a quarrel on Sept 2, 2006 and fled into the nearby mountains.

Xu stayed in a cave in the mountains for three years and hunted wild animals for survival.

A local farmer spotted Xu on Monday and informed police, who nabbed him after searching the thick forest for nine hours.

(Lanzhou Morning News)