5 dead in northern China murder-suicide following fight between former in-laws
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}China's state-run news agency says a man killed four members of a family, including a 7-year-old boy, before committing suicide in an apparent feud between former in-laws.
The Xinhua News Agency says the 60-year-old man, identified only by his surname, Zhao, went to the home of a man surnamed Zan, whose daughter had once been married to Zhao's son, late Saturday evening. It says Zhao then killed Zan and Zan's wife, daughter-in-law and grandson with a hammer and kitchen knife he brought with him.
Xinhua says Zhao then called home to tell his family he'd obtained vengeance, before killing himself at the scene.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The news agency says the families had feuded after their children's divorce, but gave no other details about the incident in the Hebei province city of Botou.