Arrests made in teacher's slaying

Shenzhen police said on Friday that three suspects have been arrested in connection with the slaying of a Hong Kong teacher who had been missing for more than three weeks.

The Shenzhen Public Security Bureau's Nanshan branch posted a statement on its micro blog saying that the three were taken into custody on April 8 on suspicion of killing 60-year-old Hilary Bower. They include Bower's girlfriend, a woman identified by her surname Xu.

Xu, 38, had lived at times with Bower and been involved with him for more than 17 years, said the police. She is suspected of killing him with the help of two men, a 28-year-old surnamed Sun and a 23-year-old surnamed Liu, both from Xu's native city of Xianning, Hubei province.