Chinese police detain suspect after 7 dead in home and car attacks
- Man accused of killing relatives of his alleged lover before mowing down others with a car in Shanxi province
- Eleven people, including police officer, wounded, authorities say
Police in the central Chinese province of Shanxi have detained a 27-year-old man accused of killing at least seven people, four of them by driving into a group of pedestrians and cars.
Authorities in the city of Luliang said on Sunday that the suspect, identified only by his surname Guo, allegedly went to the home of a 21-year-old married woman in Xing county at around 2pm on Saturday, killing her husband, son and mother-in-law.
The woman, with whom he had been having an affair, was also wounded, the county police bureau said in a statement, without saying how the attack took place.
Police said Guo then fled in a car, crashing into a number of vehicles and pedestrians, killing four more people and wounding 11 others, including a police officer, the statement said.
Local media reports quoted the Xing County People’s Hospital as saying that up to 24 people required medical treatment.
Footage circulating on social media showed a man being subdued and taken away by police officers.