The four-day event, the first of its kind hosted by the Chinese armed police force, attracted snipers from France, the Republic of Belarus, Hungary and Israel, among others.
The contest features three categories: individual sniping, group sniping and comprehensive sniping. The top three winners in each category will be awarded.
The competition is being held at a shooting range and in field conditions on the outskirts of Beijing.
Sun Sijing, political commissar of the Chinese armed police forces, said at the opening ceremony that the event is also aimed at jointly maintaining world peace and better shouldering responsibility in battling terrorism.
Sun said the competition will provide a platform for snipers across the world to strengthen anti-terrorism communication, adding that it will be held biennially.
WELLINGTON Trevor Story Jersey , Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- A convicted killer who escaped New Zealand and fled to Chile has traveled on to Brazil, New Zealand Police said Tuesday.
Phillip John Smith had traveled on from Santiago to Rio de Janeiro, and "police are continuing to liaise with the relevant authorities in South America through Interpol as part of its ongoing investigation," said a police statement.
Police announced Monday that Smith had left New Zealand aboard a commercial flight on Nov. 6 after obtaining a passport in his birth name of Phillip John Traynor.
Smith Ian Desmond Jersey , 40, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1996 for stabbing to death a man whose son he had been sexually abusing.
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A joint statement from the three agencies on Monday said police had, through Interpol, notified the Chilean authorities of Smith's criminal history, status and known identities.
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