BEIJING: Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, also known as “Chinese Uber,” said Sunday it would suspend its carpooling service after the rape and murder of a passenger, the second such killing this year.

Police have arrested a 27-year-old man who worked as a driver in the eastern city of Wenzhou on suspicion of raping and killing a female passenger who used the app to hail a carpool ride.

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