MAN EXECUTED FOR POLICE KILLINGS IN CHINA

a 28-year-old man convicted of killing six policemen in Shanghai was executed, Chinese state media reported. Yang Jia forced his way into a Shanghai police station and stabbed the men. Police said Yang, who was from Beijing, told them his attack was in revenge for torture he had suffered while being interrogated about a stolen bicycle. Yang was convicted and the case was referred to the Supreme Court. But the state news agency Xinhua says the higher court upheld the sentence.