Plumber held for murder
A plumber has been detained on suspicion of murder after he allegedly killed his coworker and left the body in a waste water tank on the roof of a residential complex in Minhang District, police said last night.
The suspect, Wang Zehai, allegedly hit and killed the victim, surnamed Yu, with a hammer after luring him up to the roof of a complex in Huabao residential area on Tuesday, police said.
Yu is said to have given Wang 10,000 yuan (US$1,502) to buy a sewage pump, but Wang did not actually make the purchase, said Xinmin.cn yesterday. The money was allegedly used to pay off Wang's gambling debts.
Yu's body was found decomposing on Thursday in a waste water tank on the roof of the No. 63 building in the Huabao neighborhood on Luoyang Road and the police were -immediately called.
Wang was quickly apprehended on the day of the discovery, said police officer Hou -Jianhua last night.
The suspect, Wang Zehai, allegedly hit and killed the victim, surnamed Yu, with a hammer after luring him up to the roof of a complex in Huabao residential area on Tuesday, police said.
Yu is said to have given Wang 10,000 yuan (US$1,502) to buy a sewage pump, but Wang did not actually make the purchase, said Xinmin.cn yesterday. The money was allegedly used to pay off Wang's gambling debts.
Yu's body was found decomposing on Thursday in a waste water tank on the roof of the No. 63 building in the Huabao neighborhood on Luoyang Road and the police were -immediately called.
Wang was quickly apprehended on the day of the discovery, said police officer Hou -Jianhua last night.
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