Farmworker charged with seven counts of murder in Northern California, US

San Francisco: In the United States, a farmworker was charged with seven counts of murder and one count of attempted murder after allegedly killing seven people in back-to-back shootings at two mushroom fields in Northern California.

Chunli Zhao, 66, was scheduled to appear in court for the first time yesterday, but San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe announced that it has been



postponed until February the 16th. Calls and emails for comment from his two attorneys did not immediately receive a response. 

Wagstaffe said it was California’s third mass shooting in eight days, and the largest in San Mateo County’s history. It followed the killing of 11 in the Los Angeles area amid Lunar New Year celebrations last Saturday.