Police in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are offering a cash reward of 20,000 yuan (2,932 U.S. dollars) for information leading to the arrest of two men who killed five during a robbery.
Police from the public security bureau of Lingyun County published the photos and other information for the two suspects Saturday.
The suspects were identified as Li Yan, 37, and Li Daoliu, 46. Both are natives of Shanglin County, Guangxi.
A search team of 300 policemen had been set up to search for the suspects, police said.
The initial investigation showed the suspects ran to the hills northwest to the county, which was under searching by more than 100 policemen, police said.
The burglary happened at 5:30 Friday in a home at Sicheng Town of Lingyun, and the victims include one family with three members and four other guests, police said.
The owner of the home named Huang Chuanzhao was woods and antique dealer. The three suspects entered Huang's home with the excuse of antique trading, police said.
The three killed Huang and his wife, son and two other relatives, police said.
Two of Huang's friends surnamed Wei and Huang respectively arrived at around 5:30 p.m. and managed to escape from the house, police said.
One of the suspects named Wen Shengyan, male, 24, was detained one hour after the robbery, police said.
The two friends of Huang Chuanzhao were injured and taken to hospital. They were in stable condition, police said.
(Xinhua News Agency May 17, 2009)