Beauty salon murder suspect nabbed

A man has been nabbed for allegedly murdering a woman in a Shanghai downtown beauty salon yesterday, police announced this morning.

The suspect, surnamed Zhang, strangled the victim to death as he was burglarizing the salon on Tuesday on Wuyi Road, Changning District police said.

The victim, a salon staff worker, stayed at the workplace overnight on Monday. Her body was found by yesterday noon.

Zhang was caught late last night in a construction site in Shanghai's Pudong New Area. His motive is still under investigation, police said.