UPDATE - China executes man for car-ramming attack that killed 35 people
Authorities also execute 21-year-old man for stabbing 8 people to death
UPDATES AS SECOND MAN EXECUTED
By Berk Kutay Gokmen
ISTANBUL (AA) - China on Monday executed a man who rammed his car into the public, leaving 35 people dead and 42 others injured, state media reported.
Fan Weiqiu, 62, was given a death sentence last month over the incident that took place outside a sports complex on Nov. 11, 2024 in the Zhuhai city of southern Guangdong province.
In China, the death penalty remains a significant aspect of the judicial system, with various high-profile cases drawing attention to its application.
The court said he was dissatisfied with the division of marital property from his divorce.
The authorities also executed 21-year-old Xu Jiajin for killing 8 people in a knife attack.
Xu went on a killing spree on Nov. 16, stabbing eight people to death and injuring 17 at a college in eastern Jiangsu province.
He was sentenced to death last month.
Court said he was angry for failing his exams and unhappy with his low wages as a factory trainee.
He was executed in the city of Wuxi in Jiangsu.
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