Across China: Guizhou

7 deaths, few details

A murder hunt has been launched after seven villagers in Guizhou province were killed on Sunday evening.

No details of the manner of the deaths have been revealed, but Qianxi County Communist Party chief Wu Anyu said on Tuesday that the victims all came from the village of Jiekui. The victims were (partly) named as Luo Chaojiang and his wife, and Zhou Caixue and his three children.