BEIJING: A scavenger, motivated by a desire to make money, butchered 10 other scrap merchants, dismembered their bodies and tossed them in a river in the latest serial killing to shock China, state media said yesterday.
Chen Yongfeng, 20, was put on trial in Wenzhou city, Zhejiang province on Monday, on charges of committing the murders in a three-month period from Feb 28 to May 24, the Guangzhou Daily reported.
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