This New South Wales Police handout photo received on April 24, 2009 shows an x-ray of the skull of Sydney man Chen Liu, whose decomposed body was found in marshland in Sydney's south in November 2008. -- PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
CANBERRA - AUSTRALIAN police released on Friday a shocking x-ray photo showing the skull of a murdered Chinese immigrant shot 34 times in the head and neck with a high-power nail gun.
The body of Chen Liu, 27, was found by two children last year in marshland in south Sydney, wrapped in a carpet and bound with electrical wire.
Detectives said the weapon used was a standard gas nail gun widely available and used in construction, firing nails up to 3.3 inches long.
'In 36 years, I've never seen a murder of this nature,' Homicide Squad Superintendent Geoff Beresford told reporters.
Liu arrived in Australia in 2000 and was reported missing last year.-- REUTERS
