Writer held in 4 killings from 1995

A well-known Chinese writer has been detained in connection with the brutal slaying of four people at a guesthouse in Zhejiang province 22 years ago.

ThePaper.cn identified the suspect as poet and novelist Liu Yongbiao, 53. Police identified him only by the surname Liu and said he was a writer. Another suspect was also detained - a man identified only as Wang, 64.

The detentions followed a new round of DNA analysis, the Huzhou public security bureau said on Monday.