In a disturbing case, a former kindergarten teacher in central China has been executed for poisoning 25 of her students, resulting in one fatality. Wang Yun, 40, carried out the poisoning at the Mengmeng Pre-school Education on March 27, 2019, by contaminating the children's porridge with sodium nitrite. The Jiaozuo Intermediate Court announced the execution on Thursday.
The motive for the poisoning stemmed from a dispute Wang had with a colleague regarding student management. While most of the affected children recovered, one child tragically passed away after ten months of treatment due to multiple organ failure. Prior to the incident at the preschool, Wang had also poisoned her husband with the same substance, though he survived with minor injuries. Revenge was cited as the driving force behind both poisoning incidents.
Initially sentenced to nine months in prison for intentional harm, Wang's punishment was later escalated to the death penalty, despite her appeal. While the exact method of execution remains undisclosed, it is believed she was taken to an execution ground. The most common method of execution in China is a gunshot to the back of the head, though lethal injection is also used in some cases.
China is thought to conduct more executions than all other countries combined, although the precise figures are kept confidential by the government. School attacks, often perpetrated by individuals harboring grievances or those deemed mentally unstable, have become a growing concern in China. Given the illegality of gun ownership in the country, these attacks typically involve knives, as seen in a recent incident where a man allegedly killed six and injured one at a kindergarten in southeastern China.
