Gao Yulun, the last of the three inmates who escaped a Heilongjiang detention center after killing a guard on Sept 2, is seen being captured and guarded in this photo on Thursday. [Photo / news.china.com]

HARBIN -- Police in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province have confirmed capture of Gao Yulun, the last of three escaped inmates, on Thursday afternoon.

The 50-year-old Gao was seized in Hefu Village, Yanshou County at around 5 pm on Thursday, nine days after he and another two inmates escaped a detention center and killed a guard on Sept 2, said the Public Security Bureau of Harbin, the provincial capital.

Local police captured the other two runaways, Li Haiwei and Wang Damin, on Sept 3 and Sept 4 respectively.

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