A 13-year-old boy identified only as Shen, has reportedly murdered three children in China.
The suspect was said to have murdered three children aged 4, 7, and 8 in south China’s Guangdong province on July 25 using a knife and rock before fleeing for days, Peoples China Daily is reporting.
Shen fled his hometown in Wuzhou, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the said date after reportedly committing the murder.
Over 100 police officers and more villagers were said to have launched a manhunt for him.
He was spotted by villagers some 140 kilometers away from his home, while the bodies of the three victims have also been discovered.
Upon his arrest yesterday, the teenager was quoted to have told the police he left home on July 9 after beingscolded by his father. He then roamed around till July 18, when he went to the village the three victims lived in.
Shen, who said he saw no adults around, took the three kids out and asked them to tell him the whereabouts of the money and valuables in their home.
The kids were said to have kept mute and Shen who feared the kids would tell their parents about his conducts, allegedly killed the three children with rocks and knife.
According to the report, Shen, since then had been roaming the streets.
The teenager reportedly added that he had always been wandering away from home on and off since he was six-year-old.
The Guangdong Public Security Department, PSD, stated that his wandering away from home on and off explained why he could survive in the wild while on the run after the murder.
“Shen went to the three victims’ house. The victims’ father, not knowing the fates of his own children, took out food to host Shen, before going out to look for his three kids.
“Shen managed to steal two bicycles, money, and food all the way through the 140 kilometers and fled to another province until he was spotted and caught.”
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