DHAKA: Seven tourists died on Thursday when they were struck by huge rocks tumbling down a mountain in one of China’s most popular beauty spots.

State media said, reports The Straits Times.

The rocks hit the group of travelers as they waited to board boats in the Diecai Mountain scenic area in Guilin, China Radio International (CRI) said.

Pictures posted online showed rocks - one as big as 1m wide - resting on broken pavement splattered with pools of blood with handbags, shoes and other personal items scattered across the ground.

‘Four were killed at the scene and four others injured,’ CRI said in a report on its website. ‘Three of the injured later died in hospital’.

BDST: 1633 HRS, MAR 19, 2015