Police in Dali, Southwest China's Yunnan province, on Wednesday detained a 13-year-old boy suspected of killing his parents. The incident occurred in Hengnan county of Hengyang city in Central China's Hunan province on Monday, and the boy escaped from his hometown, thepaper.cn reported.

At about 6:40 pm on Monday, the teenage suspect, surnamed Luo, used a hammer to attack his mother, 45, and then his father, 51, due to a family dispute, Hengnan police said on Tuesday.

His parents died of serious injuries. The boy ran and used his father's ID card to buy a ticket to Yunnan.