BEIJING: A man who murdered 17 young boys in order to experience the “sensation of killing” was executed yesterday, court officials said.
Huang Yong, 29, was found guilty on Dec 9 of strangling the high school students and was paraded at an open sentencing ceremony to announce the verdict yesterday before being taken to the execution ground, the Xinhua news agency said.
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