'Almighty God' cult members stand trial for violent crimes

Leading members of a branch of the "Almighty God" cult in Northeast China are on trial in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, a police source said on Sunday.

They were detained in June 2017.

"Almighty God", known in Chinese as Quannengshen, grabbed national headlines in May 2014 when videos went viral showing five of its members beating a woman to death at a McDonald's restaurant in Zhaoyuan, Shandong province, condemning her as an "evil spirit" when she refused to give them her mobile phone number for recruitment purposes.