Slain fugitive had gone shopping, visited cinema

In the days after Zhou Kehua murdered two people earlier this month, he wandered the streets of Chongqing's bustling shopping district and treated himself to two trips to the cinema, local police have revealed.

Zhou, one of China's most-wanted criminals, was shot dead in a residential alley on Tuesday morning after a shootout with two police officers. The 42-year-old was suspected of killing 10 people and injuring six in a string of robberies over an eight-year period.

On Saturday, Zhou was seen in Chongqing's Guanyinqiao shopping zone in Jiangbei district, one of the city's largest shopping areas. He later went into a nearby shopping mall.