Summary The man killed four members of a family, including a 7-year-old boy, before committing suicide.
BEIJING (AP) - A man in northern China killed four members of a family, including a 7-year-old boy, before committing suicide in an apparent feud between former in-laws, China s official news agency said Sunday.
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, the Xinhua News Agency reported. Zhao then killed Zan and Zan s wife, daughter-in-law and grandson with a hammer and kitchen knife he brought with him, the report said.
Zhao then called home to tell his family he d obtained vengeance, before killing himself at the scene, Xinhua said.
The news agency said the families had feuded after their children s divorce, but gave no other details about the incident, which took place in the city of Botou in Hebei province.
