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Bus-torching murderer gets death penalty

A man who set fire to a bus in Yinchuan in January, killing 18 and injuring 32, was yesterday sentenced to death, Yinchuan City government said yesterday.

The man, Ma Yongping, launched an appeal after the verdict was announced at the Yinchuan Intermediate People’s Court in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

According to the court, Ma, who had been involved in financial disputes, decided to vent his anger by setting fire to a bus.

Early on January 5, he got on the bus with two containers of gasoline and set them alight shortly afterwards. The blaze killed 17 people and injured 33 others.

Ma climbed out a window and fled the scene, but was captured by police 10 hours later.


 

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