'Family conflict behind killings'

Preliminary investigations have shown that a family conflict led to the murder of six people and injuries to four others yesterday morning in Qinghe county, Hebei province, police said.

The suspect, Chen Qian, committed suicide by jumping off a residential building after he was cornered by the police, according to a statement issued by the Public Security Bureau of Qinghe.

Chen, around 30, was suspected of killing six people - three males and three females - with a blunt utensil yesterday morning, police said.