At least one of the five people who smashed up the offices of an investment company in Gongming last week was armed with a handgun.
According to video footage released by Xufa Investment Co., based in the Xufa Science and Technology Park in Gongming Subdistrict, Guangming New Zone, one suspect got out of a car armed with a handgun at around 7:40 p.m. Oct. 10 and shot at two cars parked in front of the company's offices.
"The five people came in two cars and they were all armed. They fired at the cars after getting out of their cars," a witness, identified as Xie, was quoted as saying by the China Southern Metropolis Daily.
Another witness said the five suspects threatened onlookers with their guns, telling them to leave.
During the incident, a security guard, Chen Jigang, a native of Guizhou, was slightly injured with stab wounds to his legs.
Police said they had not found any bullet casings at the scene and that the case was still under investigation. They added that the incident was triggered by business dispute.
Xufa said it stopped purchasing scrap metal from a scrap company after discovering some of the scrap sold had been stolen.
The attack was said to be a retaliation of an early attack of 150 people the same day, whose identities yet to be known. The Daily said all violation centered on scrap metal business.
(Han Ximin)
