Man fatally shot by Chinese policeman ‘attacked officer with baton’, new video shows

China’s main state broadcaster released security camera footage today showing that a man who was fatally shot by a policeman at a train station behaved aggressively and attacked the officer with a long baton before he opened fire.

The footage released on China Central Television gives a fuller picture of the scuffles leading up to the May 2 shooting of Xu Chunhe in the northeastern town of Qingan, some of which had circulated online from a bystander’s video clip. 

Watch: Latest CCTV footage captures Xu Chunhe's confrontation with police

The incident drew a public outcry over concerns that the policeman used excessive force, and release of the security footage appeared aimed at countering sympathetic portrayals of the man as being attacked by police unprovoked. 

Provincial police said that Li Lebin, the police officer involved in the shooting, had given Xu “multiple warnings” before opening fire and that his use of weapon was "correct and legitimate".