Across China: Heilongjiang

Man kills son's teacher

A man is alleged to have bashed his son's teacher to death with a hammer before killing himself yesterday morning. Farmer Liu Fulin attacked Wu Zhendong, a teacher at the No 1 Middle School in Zhaodong city, said Zou Yanqi, the school's headmaster. Liu was later found dead in a deserted house near the school. Police suspect he hung himself with a belt. The man's son, a 12th-grade student who had good academic scores, disappeared from school after the killing.