A vegetable vendor was killed during a scuffle at a wholesale market in northern Beijing on Wednesday, with the rising prices of beansprouts being partially blamed.

Wang Chengguo, who sells beansprouts at the Shuitun wholesale market with his wife, Teng Weijuan, was stabbed when he tried to stop a gang from wrecking his stall.

Teng told Beijing News that just before 7 pm on Wednesday, about 10 people began smashing their stall. Wang tried to stop them, but was stabbed in the stomach.