News | International
31 Jan 2025 4:51
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > International

    China executes Fan Weiqu and Xu Jiajin over deadly attacks

    The attacks by the two men both happened last November, prompting Chinese authorities to urge local governments to take action to prevent such incidents.


    China has executed two men who committed deadly attacks that killed dozens of people, raising concerns about a surge in what are called "revenge on society crimes", state media reports.

    Fan Weiqu, 62, who rammed his car into a crowd outside a sports stadium in the southern city of Zhuhai in November, killing at least 35 people, was executed on Monday.

    Chinese authorities said the attack was the country's deadliest in more than a decade.

    Police said Fan was upset over his divorce settlement.

    Also in November, 21-year-old Xu Jiajin killed eight people and injured 17 others in a stabbing attack at his vocational school in the eastern city of Wuxi.

    Police said Wu had failed his examinations and could not graduate, and was dissatisfied about his pay at an internship.

    He was also executed on Monday, according to state broadcaster CCTV.

    The killings spurred Chinese President Xi Jinping to urge local governments to take measures to prevent such attacks, known as "revenge on society crimes".

    The two men's death sentences were issued by the intermediate people's courts in the cities of Zhuhai and Wuxi, respectively, in December and approved by the Supreme People's Court, according to state media.

    China is believed to execute more prisoners each year than the rest of the world combined, though the precise total is classified as a state secret.

    Executions are traditionally carried out by gunshot, though lethal injections have also been introduced in recent years.

    AP/ABC


    ABC




    © 2025 ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation. All rights reserved

     Other International News
     31 Jan: What we know about the American Airlines crash in Washington DC
     30 Jan: Celebration becomes tragedy in aftermath of Kumbh Mela stampede
     30 Jan: Serbian Davis Cup captain Viktor Troicki says Tony Jones should be 'banned for life' from tennis coverage after Novak Djokovic joke
     30 Jan: Three Israelis and five Thais to be released by Hamas as Israel-Gaza ceasefire holds
     30 Jan: Backyard pet burials are risky. Here's what you can do instead
     30 Jan: Myanmar rebel group Arakan Army admits to beheading two prisoners of war in Rakhine state
     30 Jan: Israeli ban on UNRWA begins as aid agencies argue they do not have capacity to fill the void
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Ethan Blackadder's addressed what's become an all-too-common line of questioning as he looks to string together regular game time at the Crusaders More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    New Zealand's set its second global climate target - under the Paris Agreement More...



     Today's News

    Living & Travel:
    What we know about the American Airlines crash in Washington DC 4:36

    Entertainment:
    Steve Aoki is to be a father for the first time 21:50

    Business:
    New Zealand's set its second global climate target - under the Paris Agreement 21:48

    Entertainment:
    Paris Hilton's foster dog has returned to her owners 21:20

    Law and Order:
    The search continues for 24 year old Travis - who's been missing from Wellington for almost two weeks 21:17

    Politics:
    If the government wants science to have an economic impact it has to put its money where its mouth is 21:07

    Entertainment:
    Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively's trial has been pencilled in for March 9, 2026 20:50

    Accident and Emergency:
    A cyclist has died after a crash with a car on Chatham Road in Flaxmere, near Hastings 20:27

    Entertainment:
    Danity Kane star D. Woods has accused embattled rap mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs of "constantly treating" her "like a piece of meat" 20:20

    Entertainment:
    Billy Ray Cyrus is "praying" for his family 19:50


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd