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11/08/2008
Chinese Murder Victims Named
Police have revealed that the two Chinese students who suffered a "gruesome" death, were a 'couple' - boy and girlfriend.
Xi Zhou and her boyfriend Zhen Xing Xang, both 25, were found with head injuries in a ground floor flat in Newcastle's West End on Saturday afternoon.
It is understood that Zhen Xing Yang was found lying on a bed in the back bedroom of the flat and the Ms Xi in the front bedroom.
Northumbria Police said a post-mortem examination revealed that the Ms Xi may have been asphyxiated.
Police say the Zhen Xing Yang suffered "massive head injuries".
Officers have not yet worked out the nature of the murder weapon.
A silver hatchback car was taken away on a police truck, while forensics continued the house search on Saturday night.
Steve Wade, a senior murder investigation appointed to head the inquiry has also led a fingertip search of the flat.
Det Supt Wade said: "This is a tragic loss of two young lives and our thoughts are with their families as they try and come to terms with what has happened."
Miss Xi had completed her MA Degree in Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University in September 2006.
Her parents have been traced to the province of Hunan in South China, with the assistance of family relatives in the UK.
Eddy Tang, Minister of the International Christian Fellowship in Newcastle said the couple were popular in the Chinese community.
The multi-cultural area in Newcastle's West End is popular with students, particularly among the Chinese community.
Extra police patrols have been deployed to reassure residents and officers are planning to speak to local community leaders.
Police initially cordoned off Croydon Road to carry out door-to-door enquiries in the area.
Local Chinese student, Shao Peng Wu, told local press: "I am very shocked. Sometimes local children attack us. I don't know whether it is because we come from another country."
Detectives from Northumbria Police are still trying to trace the couple's final movements and say as yet they have found no motive for the killings.
Northumbria Police are liaising with the Chinese Consulate in Manchester and the Chinese Embassy in London to provide information and support to families.
In an unrelated incident, two French students, Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez, were found dead at a property in London's New Cross, southeast London in July.
The students who had been completing research with Imperial College also suffered "horrific injuries".
See: French Student Murder Accused Remanded
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Xi Zhou and her boyfriend Zhen Xing Xang, both 25, were found with head injuries in a ground floor flat in Newcastle's West End on Saturday afternoon.
It is understood that Zhen Xing Yang was found lying on a bed in the back bedroom of the flat and the Ms Xi in the front bedroom.
Northumbria Police said a post-mortem examination revealed that the Ms Xi may have been asphyxiated.
Police say the Zhen Xing Yang suffered "massive head injuries".
Officers have not yet worked out the nature of the murder weapon.
A silver hatchback car was taken away on a police truck, while forensics continued the house search on Saturday night.
Steve Wade, a senior murder investigation appointed to head the inquiry has also led a fingertip search of the flat.
Det Supt Wade said: "This is a tragic loss of two young lives and our thoughts are with their families as they try and come to terms with what has happened."
Miss Xi had completed her MA Degree in Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University in September 2006.
Her parents have been traced to the province of Hunan in South China, with the assistance of family relatives in the UK.
Eddy Tang, Minister of the International Christian Fellowship in Newcastle said the couple were popular in the Chinese community.
The multi-cultural area in Newcastle's West End is popular with students, particularly among the Chinese community.
Extra police patrols have been deployed to reassure residents and officers are planning to speak to local community leaders.
Police initially cordoned off Croydon Road to carry out door-to-door enquiries in the area.
Local Chinese student, Shao Peng Wu, told local press: "I am very shocked. Sometimes local children attack us. I don't know whether it is because we come from another country."
Detectives from Northumbria Police are still trying to trace the couple's final movements and say as yet they have found no motive for the killings.
Northumbria Police are liaising with the Chinese Consulate in Manchester and the Chinese Embassy in London to provide information and support to families.
In an unrelated incident, two French students, Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez, were found dead at a property in London's New Cross, southeast London in July.
The students who had been completing research with Imperial College also suffered "horrific injuries".
See: French Student Murder Accused Remanded
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