Two killed in central China hotel attack

Updated: 2013-02-18 10:52

(Xinhua)

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CHANGSHA - Two people died and another was wounded in a hotel assault in Hunan province, police said Monday.

The attack occurred at around 8 am in a tea bar of the Fulihua Hotel in Changsha, the provincial capital of Hunan, according to police.

In the fight, some people slashed others with knives and gunshots were heard, witnesses said.

Police are hunting down attackers, who fled the scene after the attack.

A debts-related dispute was believed to be the cause of the attack, according to initial investigations by police.

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