Photo of the three inmates. [people.com.cn]

Two of the three men who escaped from a detention house in Heilongjiang province on Sept 2 were arrested the night of Sept 3, provincial media said.

The arrested fugitives - Li Haiwei, 29, and Gao Yulun, 50 - broke out of the detention center in Yanshou county after they and another prisoner, Wang Damin, allegedly killed a guard, said Shenghuobao, the local newspaper. They left the detention facility while wearing police uniforms.

3 Chinese inmates kill guard, break out of jail

The newspaper said on its micro blog that police captured Li first, on a mountain near the county. Minutes later, the newspaper quoted sources on site saying Gao was also caught.

Police promised a cash reward of 150,000 yuan ($24,400) for information leading to any of the fugitives.

Li was waiting to be sentenced for homicide before he escaped. Gao was in the detention center while his death-penalty sentence for homicide was being reviewed. Wang was awaiting his sentence on a charge of intentional injury, according to earlier reports.

caoyin@chinadaily.com.cn