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BEIJING - POLICE in northeast China have arrested a
taxi driver suspected of raping and killing at least seven women, in a serial
murder case that has horrified locals, state press said on Thursday.
The driver, identified as Da Li, was arrested in the east of the country
after a nationwide manhunt, the East Asia Economic News reported.
Following preliminary investigations, Mr Da is suspected of being involved in
the murders of seven woman, while police are seeking to link him to a further
two recent murders in Baicheng city, the report said.
According to the paper, the women went missing near Baicheng rail station,
were raped, murdered and robbed before their burnt remains were found.
Locals have been fearful of taking taxi rides from the Baicheng railway due
to the disappearances and as rumours spread over the gruesome manner in which
the bodies were found, the paper said.
Police broke the case after a woman who disappeared two weeks ago sent a
short message to her mother with the license plate of the taxi cab that she was
riding in, it said.
After the woman failed to return home, the mother reported the car number
to local police, it added.
The time period for the seven murders was not immediately clear, but the
paper said some occurred over a year ago. -- AFP
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