Man kills seven family members

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A man killed seven family members, including his wife and three children, with an axe and a kitchen knife before turning himself in to police, China's state-run media say.

The state-run Xinhua News Agency said that Zhu Caifa, 37, turned violent early Wednesday in a village in the southwestern province of Guizhou.

A spokesman with the Guizhou Public Security Department told Xinhua the other victims were two of Zhu's nephews and a niece.

Xinhua says Zhu recently returned home from working elsewhere in the country and fought with his wife.

A year ago, a man in the southern province of Hubei was executed after killing eight people with an axe.

- AP