The murder of a Chinese-born coronavirus researcher on US soil is fuelling conspiracy theories, our colleague Zhaoyin Feng from the BBC Chinese Service in Washington says.
Bing Liu, 37, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine was said to be on the verge of making “significant findings” linked to Covid-19 when he was found shot dead in his house on Saturday. Police say it was a murder-suicide resulting from “a lengthy dispute regarding an intimate partner”.
There is “zero evidence” the case was linked to Liu’s research work and the current public health crisis, they say.
However, the killing has sparked wild speculation online.
BBC
