China executes kindergarten teacher for poisoning 25 students, killing 1
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Jiaozuo: A kindergarten teacher in China has been executed for poisoning 25 children and killing one of them by contaminating their porridge ‘in revenge’ after she had a row with her colleague, media reported.
The accused, Wang Yun (39) was arrested and later sentenced to death.
She poisoned the breakfast of her colleague’s students with sodium nitrate, four years ago in Mengmeng Pre-school Education in Jiaozuo.
The teacher unsuccessfully appealed her death sentence, initially handed down in September 2020 by the Jiaozuo city intermediate people's court, in Henan province.
On Thursday, the same court verified Wang's identity, escorted her to the execution ground, and carried out the death sentence, a court statement said.
Wang purchased the sodium nitrite in March 2019 after falling out with her colleague, surnamed Sun, over "student management issues", the Jiaozuo court said at the time of her arrest.
According to the state media, the next morning she added some of the chemical compound, which is commonly used as a food preservative but can be toxic and possibly fatal from overexposure, into the children's rice-based porridge.
It was reported at the time that 23 children began to vomit and faint after eating their breakfast.
The police launched an investigation after Wang was accused of poisoning the students on March 27, 2019.
Authorities later found that a total of 25 children were poisoned during the incident that shocked China and triggered global headlines.
With inputs from IANS