South Korea mass murderer hangs himself in cell

SEOUL (Reuters) - A convicted South Korean mass murderer died on Sunday after hanging himself in his cell, where he spent two years on death row in a country that still has the death penalty but has not conducted an execution in 12 years.

Chung Nam-kyu was sentenced to death for the murder of 13 people, all women and children, in a two-year killing spree beginning in 2004. He was also charged for robbery, assault and rape of 20 other people who survived with injuries.