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Jail breakers sentenced to death in N China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-07-06 13:23

HOHHOT - Three inmates who broke out of prison last October were sentenced to death Tuesday morning in Hohhot, capital city of northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a court said.

The four inmates were serving life sentences when they killed a guard, stole his uniform and escaped the prison on October 17.

After a three-day manhunt, police shot one of the four dead and recaptured the three others.