Chinese court orders execution for son who avenged mother’s death 22 years ago

A man in northwest China will appeal a death sentence handed down to him after he murdered three neighbours last year to avenge the killing of his mother more than two decades ago.

Hanzhong Intermediate People’s Court announced on its Twitter-like Weibo account on Tuesday that Zhang Koukou, 36, was sentenced to death for killing neighbour Wang Zixin, 70, and his sons, Wang Zhengjun, 40, and Wang Xiaojun, 46, in Nanzheng district, Hanzhong, Shaanxi province, on February 15, Lunar New Year’s Eve.