Chinese man arrested for murder of daughters, 6 and 4, after bodies found on mountainside
Police say dad, 27, confessed to killing youngsters after earlier appealing for their safe return
The bodies of two young sisters were found on a mountainside in southern China on Saturday, and their father has been arrested on suspicion of their murder, according to a local newspaper report.
The girls, aged six and four, from Liuzhou in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, were reported missing by relatives last week, Liuzhou Evening News reported on Sunday.
Police were quoted as saying that their bodies were found in a secluded hillside area just 100 metres (109 yards) from their home.
They added that the children’s 27-year-old father, identified only by his surname Wei, had been arrested in connection with the crime.
Wei had earlier been involved in a police search for the missing girls. In a media interview last week, he appeared calm and said he hoped his daughters would soon be found.