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Man kills 5, injures 1 in Hainan

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-11-09 20:26

HAIKOU - A man surrendered to police and confessed to killing five and wounding one Tuesday morning in two separate attacks in South China's Hainan province.

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Chen Huangye, 36, killed one women and her son and wounded a 10-year-old girl at a food market in Dazhipo town, Haikou city, the provincial capital, at about 6 am, local police said in a statement.

He then gave himself up to police and told them he had killed another woman and her two sons earlier in the day, at about 4 am, in another town, Wenchang city.

Chen is a migrant worker from Central China's Hunan province.

Police are investigating the cases.