Society

Catholic monk arrested after priest, nun murdered in N China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-07-09 10:36

HOHHOT - Police have arrested a Catholic monk in connection with the murders of a priest and a nun of the Chinese Catholic Church in north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region on July 6.

Zhang Wenping, a Catholic monk aged 43, was arrested at 3 pm Thursday in Hohhot. He had confessed to the crime, said a spokesman for the Wuhai city public security bureau.

Priest Zhang Shulai and nun Wei Yanhui were found dead Tuesday in a church in a home for the elderly run by Wei in Wuhai City.

The police are continuing their investigation.