Police arrest man in killing of student

Police in Xin'an county of Luoyang, Henan province, have arrested a man who confessed to killing an 18-year-old woman, according to the county's public security bureau.

The case has drawn wide attention on social media platforms, as the victim had recently finished the national college entrance examination, or gaokao, in June and was waiting for offers from colleges.

According to the victim's mother, when she returned home on July 1 her daughter was not there, which she thought was strange, so she went out to search for her.