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Father allegedly kills son's teacher and himself
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-17 19:01

HARBIN: A man is alleged to have battered his son's teacher to death with a hammer and then killed himself in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province Thursday morning.

Farmer Liu Fulin battered the head of Wu Zhendong, a teacher at the No. 1 Middle School in Zhaodong City, at 7:20 a.m. on the third floor of the school building, said Zou Yanqi, the school's headmaster.

Liu was later found dead in a deserted house near the school. Police suspect he hanged himself with his own belt.

Wu, who had been honored as "excellent teacher" of the province, was in charge of the class of Liu's 12th-grade son.

The boy had good academic scores, said Zou. He disappeared from school after the killing.

Police are still investigating the deaths.