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Chinese teacher sentenced to death for poisoning 25 students

2020-09-29T09:50:39.574Z


A kindergarten teacher who poisoned 25 children, killing one of them, was sentenced to death in China.(Photo by STR / AFP via Getty Images) Hong Kong (CNN) - A kindergarten teacher who poisoned 25 children, killing one of them, after an argument with another staff member, was sentenced to death by a court in central China. In its ruling on Monday, the Jiaozuo Intermediate People's Court in Henan Province described the killer Wang Yun's motives as "despicable" and "cruel". Sentenced to death "I


(Photo by STR / AFP via Getty Images)

Hong Kong (CNN) -

A kindergarten teacher who poisoned 25 children, killing one of them, after an argument with another staff member, was sentenced to death by a court in central China.

In its ruling on Monday, the Jiaozuo Intermediate People's Court in Henan Province described the killer Wang Yun's motives as "despicable" and "cruel".

Sentenced to death

"It should be severely punished according to the law," says the ruling.

In the lead up to the poisoning, Wang had quarreled with another teacher at Jiaozuo's kindergarten over the best way to handle students.

Then, on the morning of March 27, 2019, Wang added nitrite to the school-supplied porridge intended for the other teacher's students.

Wang had previously purchased the nitrite online.

Poisoning with toxic material

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nitrite is toxic.

It is also a probable carcinogen used in fertilizers, food preservation, and even ammunition and explosives.

At high levels, it can prevent the human body from absorbing oxygen properly.

Wang, the teacher sentenced to death in China, had previously been caught trying to poison her husband, surnamed Feng.

That incident happened in February 2017, after an argument.

On that occasion, Wang poured nitrite into a glass used by Feng, causing slight damage to it.

At the time of the kindergarten poisoning, a parent spoke to the state tabloid China Global Times.

She said she had received a call from the school saying her son had vomited and passed out.

When he arrived, his son was unconscious.

“The vomit was in (his) pants.

There were other children who were also vomiting and looked pale, ”said the father, surnamed Li.

Allegations of abuse at another school

Wang's sentence comes amid new allegations of child abuse at another kindergarten in north China.

Eight parents claimed to have found unknown needle marks on their children's heads and bodies.

This after they returned from the Zhaojun Dingqi Kindergarten in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, state media Xinhua said.

According to Xinhua, when asked about the needle holes, the children told their parents that their teacher stuck "toothpicks" and "red needles" in them for not behaving.

In addition, he ordered them not to tell their families.

In a statement, the Xincheng District Police said that three women had been detained on suspicion of "torturing children under their care".

The case remains under investigation.

The Dingqi kindergarten said in a statement that the school apologized for the concern caused to parents.

However, he added that he had not yet found any evidence to support the claims.

"(We) have cooperated with the police to provide relevant surveillance material and equipment, and we cooperate with the investigation of the department of public security," the statement said.

In November 2017, a Beijing kindergarten teacher was sentenced to 18 months in prison for piercing four children in her class with needles.

Police said the teacher, surnamed Liu, used the needles to "tame" the children, according to the state tabloid Global Times.

CNN's Beijing office contributed to this article.

Source: cnnespanol

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