Society

10 dead in mass murder in NE China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-04-14 23:37

SHENYANG - A killing spree in northeast China's Liaoning Province left 10 dead, local police said Thursday, adding that they are still hunting the suspect.

A bathhouse in Northeast China's Liaoning province became the scene of a multiple murder, after 10 people were found dead there and at a neighboring car wash in Ertaizi Village, Ningyuan Town in Anshan City on Thursday, local police said. The investigation is ongoing. [Photo/Xinhuanet.com]

Ten people were found dead at a bathhouse and a neighboring car wash in Ertaizi Village, Ningyuan Town in Anshan City on Thursday, police said.

Initial police investigation found 33-year-old Zhou Yuxin, owner of both the bathhouse and car wash, was the suspected killer.

Among the dead were Zhou's wife, son, father, a female bathhouse worker, three members of Zhou's landlord family and three carwash workers.

The killing could take place between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, police said, adding that extramarital affairs were possibly behind the killing.