Young gang accused of carrying out eight robberies in eight days in southwest China
Leader of the gang in Kunming just 16, according to news website report
A gang has been arrested in southwest China accused of carrying out eight robberies in eight days, according to a news website report.
The gang was mainly made up of young men with the leader just 16 years old, Yunnan.cn reported.
A man driving an electric motorcycle with two female friends was stopped by five armed men in Kunming in Yunnan province earlier this month and they were threatened at knifepoint to hand over their cash and mobile phones.
The robbers made off with 2,900 yuan (HK$3,300) in cash and three cell phones.
Eight similar crimes happened in Kunming between October 5 and the 13th of this month and police believed they were carried out by the same gang, according to the report.