Man sentenced to death in China for attack on school
A COURT sentenced a man to death yesterday for an attack on a school that wounded 29 children and three kindergarten teachers last month.
The attack was one of five major assaults against schoolchildren in the past two months that have left 17 dead and more than 50 hurt.
The Taizhou Intermediate Court in the eastern province of Jiangsu found Xu Yuyuan guilty of attempted murder. The 47-year-old unemployed Xu told the court he was venting his anger against society in the 29 April attack. He appealed against the death sentence, saying it was too severe considering no one was killed.
The spate of attacks on schools has focused attention on the consequences of ignoring mental illness in modern China, as huge economic inequalities stoke social tensions.