The 17-year-old suspect, Li, who reportedly had a break-up with his girlfriend, started attacking her relatives in Yongling township in Xinbin Manchu autonomous county in the city of Fushun, yesterday, local police officials said.
The youth, a native of Xinfu district in downtown Fushun first stabbed to death two relatives of his girlfriend and later killed six more and injured five others while fleeing the scene, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. He was later caught by police.