China executes kindergarten teacher for poisoning preschoolers


Wang Yun had added some sodium nitrate into the children’s “eight treasures porridge”. - PEXELS

BEIJING (Reuters): A former kindergarten teacher was executed in central China this week after killing one child and injuring 24 others by poisoning their porridge with sodium nitrite four years ago, state media reported on Friday (July 14).

Wang Yun, 39, had unsuccessfully appealed the sentence, initially handed down in September 2020 by the Jiaozuo city intermediate people's court, in Henan province.

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