Guangxi police look into murder of tax official

BEIJING - The top official at a taxation bureau in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and his three relatives, including his 16-year-old granddaughter and 15-year-old grandson, were murdered on Monday, local police confirmed.

The four victims are the 44-year-old Zhou Zixiong, director of the Hezhou local taxation bureau's Hejie branch, his wife, surnamed Ling, and his two grandchildren. They were killed in their home on Aimin Road, Hezhou police said on Tuesday.

"We are still investigating the case and the forensic experts are also busy collecting evidence," an official from the Hezhou public security bureau, surnamed Chen, told China Daily on Tuesday.