Experts say police need guns on patrol

Two officers failed to act when girl, 17, killed in public stabbing

Police officers should be equipped with more powerful weapons and get rigorous training to counter violent offenders, experts said, after a 17-year-old girl was fatally stabbed in front of two police officers in Anhui province.

The teenage supermarket cashier was killed on Sunday afternoon in Yuhui district of Bengbu. Two police officers had just arrived at the scene when the girl was pushed to the ground by the suspect, but the officers did not immediately try to stop the attack.