Kuang YINGXUE

Classification: Mass murderer
Characteristics: Frustrated after he was passed over for citation
Number of victims: 5
Date of murder: April 3, 1998
Date of birth: 1959
Victims profile: Men (teachers)
Method of murder: Explosives
Location: Yunnan, China
Status: Died in the explosion

Chinese police said that Kuang Yingxue, a disgruntled schoolteacher at Micheng's No. 3 Primary School, set off a bomb at a citation ceremony for outstanding instructors in China's southwestern Yunnan province in April, killing himself and five other teachers.

The April 3 attack also wounded 41 teachers, the Communist Party boss of Micheng town in Midu county and a town vice-mayor.

Kuang Yingxue, 38, had been recommended to receive an award for outstanding teachers but was frustrated after he was passed over for citation.