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This is a new cannibal story. Due to the apparent blocking of the word "cannibal" (食人魔) by the Chinese government and/or media, the recent news of a cannibal serial killer has taken some time to be disseminated widely. (Revisit my recent overview of cannibals here .) According to the Washington Post , on May 27, 2012, an arrest of 56-year-old Zhang Yongming in southwestern China occurred. He was accused of killing 11 people and dismembering, burning and burying their bodies to destroy the evidence. He allegedly attacked male victims walking on the quiet road near his home in Jinning county. The word "cannibal" was not used in the American story. Details were graphically being given elsewhere  (as per the photograph above). An article in the Daily Telegraph said it all in their headline: " China's 'Cannibal Monster' Detained ." One critical sentence, tied to the headline, was this one: Zhang, a loner who never talked to his neighbours, had prev...