“Cruel Killing, Brutal Killing, Kill the Beast”: Investigating the 2014 McDonald’s “Cult Murder” in Zhaoyuan

On May 28, 2014, what became known as the stereotypical “cult murder” in China was perpetrated in Zhaoyuan. Six “missionaries” entered a McDonald’s diner for preaching and ended up killing a customer who had refused to give them her phone number. Chinese authorities attributed the cri...

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Main Author: Introvigne, Massimo 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [2017]
In: The journal of CESNUR
Year: 2017, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-73
Further subjects:B McDonald’s Murders in Zhaoyuan
B Church of Almighty God
B Eastern Lightning
B New Religious Movements in China
B Xie Jiao
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