42 year old Zhou Kehua was being hunted by police after a woman was killed during a?bank?robbery last Friday. Two others were injured. Zhou fled on amotorbike. He was believed to responsible for several?murders?and robberies since 2004.
Tens of thousands of soldiers were being used to?search for?the wanted man around the area where he was last seen. One police officer was shot on?Sundayas he pursued Zhou.
The case gripped China; the?search for?the ?class A? wanted criminal becoming the top trending subject on Chinese twitter. State TV announced he?d been shot by police officers this morning and showed a gruesome?photoof the dead fugitive.Short?interviews with people living nearby were?broadcast, some telling the reporter that they ?feel safe now, with him gone? and ?I?m very happy to hear the news?.
Later today State TV is expected to show interviews with the officers who shot Zhou dead and a?press?conference will be held. The authorities see the end of this manhunt as a?triumph?for the?security?forces in a high profile case.
