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More: Heretic sect members detained in E China homicide

JINAN --Six suspects detained for intentional homicide in East China's Shandong province are members of a heretic sect, local police announced on Saturday.

The victim, surnamed Wu, was beaten to death on Wednesday night at a McDonald's outlet in Zhaoyuan city after she refused to give her telephone number to the suspects, who were allegedly trying to recruit new members for their sect, according to a statement from the local police authority.