Serial killer arrested in northwest China

Police in northwest China's Gansu Province announce that they have arrested a serial killer who is alleged to have raped and killed 11 women and girls more than 14 years ago.

The 52-year-old suspect, surnamed Gao, has admitted his crimes between 1988 and 2002 in the city of Baiyin in Gansu and the city of Baotou in the neighboring Inner Mongolia.

Police say the suspect also used to cut off body parts of the victims.

Sources with the police say the youngest victim was only 8 years old when she was killed.