Some of the members of the cult were immediately arrested and tried for murder (Picture: Reuters)

A father and daughter who savagely beat a woman to death for refusing to join their cult have been executed.

Footage emerged of the shocking attack in which Zhang Fan and her father Zhang Lidong beating and stamping on the head of the 37-year-old, surnamed Wu, in a McDonald’s in China.

The pair, both of whom were executed today, were among a group of five members of the banned Quannengshen (Church of Almighty God) cult.

In the video of the attack a man believed to be Zhang Lidong can be heard screaming ‘Damn you, devil! Go to hell!’ as his daughter shouts ‘Kill her! Beat her to death,’ during the vicious attack.




The three others convicted over the attack – including another daughter of Zhang Lidong’s – were given prison terms ranging from seven years to life.

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The savage murder was filmed by a bystander using a mobile phone (Picture: Youtube)

‘For the crimes of intentional homicide, and organising an evil cult to undermine the law, Zhang Fan and Zhang Lidong were put to death,’ the Intermediate People’s Court of Yantai city said on its official microblog account.

China uses both lethal injection and shooting for executions, but the method was not specified.

Followers of the Quannengshen cult believe that Jesus has been reincarnated as a Chinese woman, and are vehemently opposed to China’s leading communist party.

The organisation was outlawed by the government in the mid-1990s and its founders moved to the United States in 2000, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

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Zhang Fan cries after being sentenced to death (Picture: Reuters)