Boy jumps in river to escape, dies

SHANGHAI: A teenage boy suspected of stealing iron scraps from an industrial park here drowned after jumping into a river to escape security guards chasing him on Saturday.

Luo Xueyong, 15, ran for about 1 km, with security guards of the Songjiang export and import products processing zone in pursuit, before taking a fatal plunge into a river running alongside the park.

Luo, a native of Chongqing, along with three other teenage boys, had allegedly sneaked into the industrial park on Saturday afternoon to collect iron scraps, which they wanted to trade for money.