5 dead, 1 seriously injured in knife attack in central China village

Five villagers were stabbed to death and one critically injured in a revenge attack in central China's Henan Province on Sunday night, local police said Tuesday.

Wang Chengguo, his daughter-in-law, five-month-old granddaughter, sister and brother-in-law were killed at around 9:30 p.m. in Shangboshu Village in Anyang County.

Wang's six-year-old grandson was seriously injured. Wang, 56, was public security and mediation chief in the village and also acted as village head.

Attacker Wang Haiyin surrendered after police fired warning shots later Sunday night.

Wang Haiyin confessed to police that he had long planned the attack saying the acting village head Wang Chengguo had withheld the government-funded pension for his low-income mother and refused to allocate land to him to build a house on since 2009.

The attack is being further investigated.

Source: Xinhua