Onlooker dies in police error

BEIJING - A curious bystander was accidentally shot dead by police as he watched officers confront a man armed with a machete in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

Luo Qimin, 42, from Fengshan county, died from a fatal head wound after being hit by a bullet when officers fired warning shots into the air early Saturday, Xinhua News Agency reported, citing local police authorities.

The report said local police were confronting a machete-armed man and that Luo was watching the scene from the fifth floor of a nearby building.