According to eyewitnesses, the attacker called the police after the shooting and surrendered himself to a bodyguard at the headquarters of a nearby Electrica payment unit.

EBay's PayPal online payments unit grew faster than the company's core e-commerce business, bringing overall sales to $1.45 billion, a growth of 31 percent from the quarter in 2005.

E-EMS, is the special product of a co-operative arrangement between China Post and Alipay, which is the online payment unit of Alibaba Group.

EBay, the Internet auction giant, said Wednesday that its third-quarter profit grew by 10 percent, helped in part by a lower tax rate and strong sales at its online payments unit.