Man executed for east China kindergarten stabbing
A man who attacked 29 children and three teachers with a meat cleaver last month in east China's Jiangsu Province was executed Sunday morning.
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Xu Yuyuan, 47, was executed at 9:39 a.m. by the Intermediate People's Court of Taizhou City. He attacked the children and teachers at Zhongxin Kindergarten in Taixing City on April 29. Four of the 32 victims were severely injured.
Xu admitted his motive for the attack was to vent his anger against society after he had lost money gambling and in business and suffered setbacks in his personal life.
The Taizhou Intermediate People's Court sentenced him to death on May 15 for "intentional homicide" after a half-day open trial attended by 300 people.
Xu appealed the death sentence, saying the punishment was too severe as no one died in the attack. But a higher court upheld the sentence citing Xu's intention to kill and the attack's brutality.
The death sentence was approved by the Supreme People's Court.
A string of attacks has shocked the country and school security has been tightened across China. Police nationwide have began a "thorough" inspection of schools and nurseries, especially private ones and those in rural and remote areas, to close security loopholes.
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Police in Jiangsu have strengthened patrols around schools and kindergartens at times students go to or leave classes.
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