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Shaanxi knife attacker found dead in suspected suicide

By Chen Meiling in Beijing and Qin Feng in Xi'an | chinadaily.com.cn

Updated: 2026-11-06 17:06

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A man who killed three and subsequently injured two responding police officers in Shangnan county of Shangluo, Shaanxi province, was found dead at an abandoned house in what police are calling a suicide.

Sun, 41, attacked multiple people with a knife over a relationship dispute at around 5 am on Wednesday. He eventually fled the scene, according to a notice sent by the county's public security bureau on Friday afternoon.

The notice said that at around 10 am on Friday, his body was found at a house deep in the mountains, 25 kilometers away from the county's urban areas.

The case is still under investigation.

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