Six heretic sect members detained for suspected homicide

A woman surnamed Wu is pictured lying in her blood dead on the floor of the fast food restaurant on May 28 in Zhaoyuan, east China's Shandong province. [Photo: the Beijng Times]

Six people detained for suspected intentional homicide in east China's Shandong province are members of a heretic sect, local police announced on Saturday.

The victim, surnamed Wu, was beaten to death on Wednesday evening in a McDonald's outlet in the province's Zhaoyuan city after the victim refused to give her telephone number to the suspects who are trying to recruit new members for their sect, local police authority said in a statement.

All the six suspects are members of a heretic sect Quannengshen, which means almighty god, according to the statement.

Local provincial police authority vowed to severely punish various illegal activities of heretic sects to protect safety of people's life and properties.