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Alleged shoplifter dies after confrontation

Two employees of a Wal-Mart store in eastern China were arrested after a woman was beaten outside the store on suspicion of being a shoplifter and died, a state-owned newspaper reported Tuesday. ...full story at CNews

from CNews on Tue, Sep 08 2009

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08 Sep 09 visit Wal-Mart duo arrested for killing shopper  »  People's Daily Wal-Mart workers have been accused of bashing a woman to death outside her home because they thought she was a shoplifter. Yu Xiaochun, 37, died after being attacked by five workers outside her home, located 500 meters from a Wal-Mart store in...
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19 Feb 09 visit Parents arrested after girl dies  »  Shanghai Daily SHENZHEN prosecutors approved the arrest of a couple for alleged abuse of their 10-year-old daughter who died, a Guangdong Province newspaper reported yesterday. The girl was raised by her uncle in the countryside...
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06 Feb 09 visit Woman dies after handcuffed by police  »  Shanghai Daily A 58-YEAR-OLD woman with hypertension died on Wednesday in Sichuan after police cuffed her hands behind her back and dragged her about 100 meters, a local newspaper reported today. Police decided to take Shu Xuebin...

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