Man sentenced to death for crashing SUV into crowd (Punch)

The Chinese national flag is seen on a flagpole in Beijing on August 8, 2016. Most of the five stars on the Chinese flags being used at medal ceremonies at the Rio Olympics are misaligned, officials said, prompting a diplomatic protest and online fury. / AFP PHOTO / STR

A man in Central China received a death sentence for ramming his SUV into a crowd, killing 15 people in September, a state media reported on Wednesday.

The man went further to stab some persons afterwards.

Another 43 people were injured in the attack that occurred on September 12 in Hengyang City, Hunan Province.

After he purposefully rammed his vehicle into the crowd in a public square, the man continued to stab them using a shovel and a knife, Xinhua said. Read more

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