Xinhua reported that unskillful handling of explosives by local farmers who attempted to illegally exploit a mine in north China killed seven of them and wounded four others

Initial probe shows that a group of farmers tried to blast their way into an iron ore in Tang county of Hebei Province late Friday night. But the explosives suddenly went off and hit themselves instead

The injured have been hospitalized. Among them, one remains in critical conditions and was transferred to a provincial level hospital.

Police said they are still hunting the other suspects and probing the source of the explosives.

(Sourced from Xinhua0