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X-ray: Chinese murdered in Sydney, 27 nails in skull
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-04-24 11:53

SYDNEY -- Australian police released a startling X-ray photograph showing that a murdered Chinese immigrant was repeatedly shot in the head with a nail gun.

X-ray: Chinese murdered in Sydney, 27 nails in skull
An X-ray shows multiple nails embedded of the skull of 27-year-old Chen (Anthony) Liu that homicide squad detectives allege were fired from a high-powered nail gun in this police handout image made available April 24, 2009. [Agencies]

The picture shows a total of 27 long nails embedded in 27-year-old Chen "Anthony" Liu's head and neck.

Liu's body was found on November 1 last year by two children canoeing in the Georges River in Sydney's south. The floating body was wrapped in plastic, wire and an electrical cord.

"Post-mortem examination results revealed Mr Liu was shot repeatedly to the head with a high-powered nail gun," said Detective Inspector Mark Newham. Police appealed for information from anyone who may have seen Liu's late-model Range Rover in the area around the time of his death.

It is believed to have been used to dump his body, police said, without elaborating.

Liu settled in Melbourne in 2000 but moved to Sydney four years later, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.