[Breaking News]  Chinese authorities are offering 100,000 yuan (around US$16,200) to anyone who can provide information that will lead to the arrest of three inmates who escaped detention after killing a jail guard on Tuesday.

The local government of Heilongjiang Province said the three inmates - Wang Damin, Gao Yulu and Li Haiwei - escaped from a Yanshou County detention center at around 4 a.m. on Tuesday.

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But the escape turned bloody as the three inmates reportedly killed the guard assigned at the detention center, according to the Harbin City public security bureau.

The name of the guard has not been disclosed.

The bureau has sent a task force to Yanshou to investigate the case and added that the escapees were not armed. 

The local goverment is offering the cash reward for the immediate capture of the suspects. Further details about the escapees, including their cases, have not been disclosed as of this posting.

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