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431 Chinese police die on duty in 2009
By Zuo Likun (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-04-06 14:06
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A total of 431 police officers died on security service duty in 2009, and another 2,871 were wounded (excluding minor injuries), said the Chinese Ministry of Public Security, the Legal Daily reported Tuesday.
The death toll was down 55, or 11.3 percent, from that of 2008.
Forty-two percent of the deceased were in their 40s.
