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Chinese man arrested for ‘dismembering girlfriend and killing her son’

He is believed to have disposed of woman’s remains in a river and buried her son in the countryside before making off with their cash

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Dong shows police where one of the crimes took place. Photo: Handout
Viola Zhou

A man has been arrested in northern China on suspicion of having killed his girlfriend and her son and stolen 1.8 million yuan (HK$2 million) from the woman’s bank account.

The man, surnamed Dong, and his accomplice, surnamed Liu, were taken away by police in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, this month, the Hebei Television reported.

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Dong is believed to have killed his girlfriend, 45, with a meat cleaver in their home on April 20 after the couple quarrelled, according to the report.

The next day, he chopped up the woman’s body and disposed of the remains into a river, the report said.

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Police started looking into the matter after human remains were found on an island by a river. Photo: Handout
Police started looking into the matter after human remains were found on an island by a river. Photo: Handout
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