MOSCOW, December 31 (RIA Novosti) - A drunk man went on a killing spree in south China hacking six people to death and injuring nine more, Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.

According to the agency, 46-year-old Huang Yangfang armed with a knife and a hoe killed two people in Changshan village of the Guangdong Province at about eight in the morning.

He then went on further hacking 13 more people, who were all later sent to hospitals, where four of them died of sustained injuries.

When police detained Yangfang, he was drunk and, according to preliminary information, he went on a killing spree after a family quarrel.