BEIJING (AP) – China has executed two men responsible for a deadly attack that killed dozens of people in November, raising concerns about a surge in so-called “revenge for social crimes,” state media says. It was reported on Monday.
Van Wijk (62 years old) He drove his car into a crowd outside a sports stadium. A death row inmate who murdered at least 35 people in the southern city of Zhuhai was executed on Monday. Officials said the attack was the country’s deadliest in more than a decade. Police said that Hwang was upset about the divorce settlement.
Also in November, 21-year-old Xu Jiazhen 8 people killed, 17 injured Another person was injured in a stabbing at a vocational school in the eastern city of Wuxi. According to police, Wu was unable to graduate after failing an exam and was dissatisfied with the pay he received during his internship. He was also executed on Monday, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
Following the killing, Chinese President Xi Jinping called on local governments to take steps to prevent such attacks, known as “. take revenge for social crimes”
According to state media, the death sentences for the two men were handed down in December by the Intermediate People’s Courts of Zhuhai and Wuxi, respectively, and also approved by the Supreme People’s Court.
China is thought to execute more prisoners each year than the rest of the world combined, although the exact total is classified as a state secret. Executions have traditionally been carried out by gunfire, but lethal injection has also been introduced in recent years.
