Chinese man 'Kills 17 neighbours in an Attempt to cover parents' Murder'

BEIJING — Police say a villager in southwest China killed his parents and then 17 neighbours in an attempt to cover up his crime, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.

The youngest victim of the murderous rampage in a remote village in southwest China was three, the oldest 72. They were members of six families.

An investigation in the south-western Yunnan province found that Yang Qingpei argued with his parents over money on Wednesday evening before killing them, according to reports.

Fearing he would be identified as the killer, it is alleged that he then murdered 17 of their neighbours.

He was arrested in the provincial capital of Kunming, about 200 kilometres (120 miles) away, on Thursday, a few hours after the bodies from different households were discovered.

The deaths are one of the bloodiest mass slayings in recent years in China, where deadly random attacks on schools and public transport have been blamed on people bearing grudges against their families, neighbours or society in general.

Because firearms are tightly controlled in China, mass killings are usually carried out with knives, poison or home-made explosives.

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