Xinhua News Agency reports that a 38-year-old coal-depot worker in Hebei Province got drunk at lunch yesterday, “quarreled with a customer,” and then attacked an office by
driving a shovel loader into it
. Li Xianlang had a blood alcohol level of 0.15 when he was finally arrested, after he had gone on to smash “several roadside shops” and ”
40 to 50 vehicles, including cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles.” His original target escaped, but 11 people were killed and 30 more injured.
