15 Highschoolers Busted After Sanlitun Knifepoint Robberies

Fifteen Beijing teenagers are under detention for robbing Sanlitun strollers at knifepoint and then blowing their earnings at nearby bars and restaurants, Chinese media reports.

The kids, ranging in age from 13 to 18, were caught on January 9 after several robberies were reported near Gongti Beilu in Sanlitun.

The gang would bump into pedestrians as a pretext to getting them to stop, and then rob them while wielding electric batons, baseball bats, and knives, police reports indicate.

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