China arrests two men over internet rapes and murders

Two men have been arrested in eastern China on suspicion of raping and murdering at least six girls and teenage women after arranging dates with them over the Internet, a police spokeswoman said today.

Li Song, 26, who used the online name Mengxia - Early Summer - allegedly lured his last victim with an offer to take her out for hamburgers, said the police spokeswoman in Kaifeng, a city in central China. The official gave only her surname, Niu.