Killings in Shanghai Involved Chemical Plant Closure

(Shanghai) – A rampage that left six people dead and four injured on June 22 involved a chemical plant in Shanghai that had been closed over pollution complaints.

Fan Jieming allegedly killed one person with a tool and five others with a gun. Fan, 62, is in police custody.

He is the office manager at the plant, which ceased production since May 16 due to pollution complaints, residents of the northern Shanghai district of Baoshan say.