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14:09, 04-Oct-2017
No Chinese nationals request consular assistance following Vegas shooting
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The Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco continues to offer protection to overseas Chinese in Las Vegas after Sunday’s mass shooting, which left at least 59 people dead and more than 500 injured.
A working team dispatched by the consulate on Tuesday visited local police stations and hospitals where the injured were being treated.
Staff members met with Kevin McMahill, undersheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, as well as officials from hospitals and emergency teams, saying they will keep in contact with local authorities, especially regarding possible casualties among Chinese.
Visitors at the country music festival at the Mandalay Bay Hotel flee as gunman Stephen Paddock opens fire. /AFP Photo
Visitors at the country music festival at the Mandalay Bay Hotel flee as gunman Stephen Paddock opens fire. /AFP Photo
To collect information of Chinese citizens in the city, the team also visited local Chinese communities and spoke with travel agencies who are running Chinese tour groups with the help of China's National Tourism Administration.
"So far, we have received no call or message for help from Chinese nationals," said Deputy Consul General Zha Liyou.
"We haven't received any request for help from Chinese citizens via the Consular Protection 24-hour hotline, messaging platform or the hugely popular social-messaging platform WeChat."
Zha also provided practical advice for Chinese tourists coming to the United States.
"First, it's better to avoid some places, such as large gatherings of people," he said.
"Chinese people are not used to places where public ownership of guns is legal," Zha added.
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