Beijing knife rampage killer sentenced to death
By Angela Xu |
November 10, 2010, Wednesday
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A MAN who went on a stabbing rampage in downtown Beijing, killing two people and injuring 14 others, was sentenced to death yesterday.
The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court ruled that Zhang Jianfei, 48, was guilty of threatening public security. The court also ordered Zhang to pay 1.05 million yuan (US$157,658) in compensation to the families of his victims.
Zhang, a native of northeast China's Jilin Province, randomly stabbed pedestrians at Dashilan Pedestrian Mall in the capital's Xuanwu District after getting drunk on September 17, 2009.
Two security guards were killed and 14 people injured. Zhang was captured nearby.
Zhang had worked at a primary school in his hometown in Jilin's Yongji County, before setting up in business in 1994. But various ventures proved unsuccessful, and Zhang was unemployed at the time of the incident.
He traveled to Beijing on September 3, and two days later went to Shanghai to visit his nephew and look for a job. However, Zhang failed to find a job in Shanghai and returned to Beijing.
He drank some alcohol in a small restaurant on the night of September 17, 2009. While Zhang was wandering the streets after the meal, a pedestrian coming in the opposite direction bumped into him. Zhang turned round and stabbed the man with a knife he had bought in a Beijing supermarket, the court heard.
He then ran amok with the knife, stabbing anyone who stood in his way.
Zhang was eventually subdued by police and members of the public.
A medical examination found him to be drunk but still capable of controlling his actions.
He should bear full responsibility for his actions, the court heard.
In his trial, Zhang said he couldn't remember anything about the stabbings.
But prosecutors said there was no reason to exempt Zhang from the death penalty.
They said Zhang was notorious for being involved in drunken fights in his hometown.
The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court ruled that Zhang Jianfei, 48, was guilty of threatening public security. The court also ordered Zhang to pay 1.05 million yuan (US$157,658) in compensation to the families of his victims.
Zhang, a native of northeast China's Jilin Province, randomly stabbed pedestrians at Dashilan Pedestrian Mall in the capital's Xuanwu District after getting drunk on September 17, 2009.
Two security guards were killed and 14 people injured. Zhang was captured nearby.
Zhang had worked at a primary school in his hometown in Jilin's Yongji County, before setting up in business in 1994. But various ventures proved unsuccessful, and Zhang was unemployed at the time of the incident.
He traveled to Beijing on September 3, and two days later went to Shanghai to visit his nephew and look for a job. However, Zhang failed to find a job in Shanghai and returned to Beijing.
He drank some alcohol in a small restaurant on the night of September 17, 2009. While Zhang was wandering the streets after the meal, a pedestrian coming in the opposite direction bumped into him. Zhang turned round and stabbed the man with a knife he had bought in a Beijing supermarket, the court heard.
He then ran amok with the knife, stabbing anyone who stood in his way.
Zhang was eventually subdued by police and members of the public.
A medical examination found him to be drunk but still capable of controlling his actions.
He should bear full responsibility for his actions, the court heard.
In his trial, Zhang said he couldn't remember anything about the stabbings.
But prosecutors said there was no reason to exempt Zhang from the death penalty.
They said Zhang was notorious for being involved in drunken fights in his hometown.
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