Hands Off Cain
CHINA·DEATH PENALTY·APRIL 18, 2001·1 MIN READ

The Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court sentenced...

The Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court sentenced to death Jin Ruchao for bombings in Hebei province that killed 108 people in March

The Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court sentenced to death Jin Ruchao for bombings in Hebei province that killed 108 people in March. Two other men, Hao Fengqin and Hu Xiaohong, and a woman, Wang Yushun, who sold him the explosives were also condemned to be executed.Jin, 40, was sentenced for carrying out the series of bombings in Shijiazhuang and murdering his girlfriend, Wei Zhihua.The bombings took place at four apartment buildings in Shijiazhuang early on March 16. Most of the dead were found in the city's Number 3 cotton mill, where a five-storey dormitory housing 48 families was reduced to rubble.
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  • (Sources: South China Morning Post, 19/04/2001)