"Tomb raider" Taiwan steal jewelry worth over 500,000 dollars

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Moscow (Reuters)-Taiwan Police have arrested a suspected grave robbers who holds gold jewelry valued at more than 500,000 US dollars, by making a hole in the coffin, the news agency said Taiwan, the Central News Agency.

The alleged robber, identified only by the nickname Cheng, were arrested in the western part of the County of Yunlin, Friday, after his car was caught on surveillance cameras at a cemetery in raids last month.

Police said Cheng had stolen jewelry from about 500 tombs dating back to the year 2009.

He dug the grave at night and make a hole in the coffin right at the wrist of the corpse to pick up rings and bracelets of gold.

According to Chinese custom, jewelry or valuables belonged to someone who died was buried with his body.

(H-AK)

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Fort Worth shooting leaves one dead, seven injured

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AUSTIN, Texas | Sun Oct 23, 2011 12:30pm EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - One person was killed and seven others were injured in a shooting early Sunday at a home in Fort Worth, Texas, police said.

"Numerous individuals" were gathered at the home when "an unknown suspect approached on foot and began shooting in the direction of the victims," Officer Sharron Neal of the Fort Worth Police Department told Reuters in an email.

"Several victims were struck by the gunfire," she said.

One person was pronounced dead at the scene, and seven others were transported to two different hospitals, according to Neal.

Two of the victims were in surgery, and the other five did not have life-threatening injuries, she said.

An investigation was ongoing, and no further details were immediately available.

(Reporting by Corrie MacLaggan, editing by Ellen Wulfhorst)

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