Yunnan villager arrested in serial killings

Suspect previously served time for homicide, returned home in 1997

A man suspected of killing 11 people in the past four years has been arrested by police in Southwest China's Yunnan province after weeks of investigation.

The suspect, 56-year-old Zhang Yongming, is a villager in the Jincheng township of Jinning county. Zhang had attacked pedestrians walking by themselves on a road near his home since 2008, according to a statement by Yunnan police.