Tragedy hits Virginia Tech again, student decapitated

Killer decapitates Va. Tech student, police say
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Killing was first on campus since gunman killed 32 on April 16, 2007

Victim Xin Yang, a graduate student from Beijing, knew accused killer, police say

Haiyang Zhu, 25, taken into custody; he is charged with first-degree murder

Attack took place at restaurant in Graduate Life Center
(CNN) -- A female graduate student at Virginia Tech was killed Wednesday night when a man she knew attacked her with a knife and decapitated her, a school spokesman said.

Virginia Tech spokesman Mark Owczarski said Thursday that Xin Yang's killing was the first on the campus since April 16, 2007, when a shooter killed 32 people before turning a gun on himself.

Yang, 22, from Beijing, China, was killed at the Au Bon Pain restaurant in the Graduate Life Center at around 7 p.m., school spokesman Larry Hincker said in a written statement.

Campus police took Haiyang Zhu, 25, into custody at the scene. The Ningbo, China, native has been charged with first-degree murder and is being held without bail at a local jail, Hincker said.

Zhu did not say anything to the arresting officers, said campus police Chief Wendell Flinchum.
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