Kindergarten attacker sentenced to death

TAIZHOU, Jiangsu - A local court [k?:t](法庭) on Saturday sentenced(判刑) to death a man who attacked and hurt 29 children and three teachers at an eastern Chinese city kindergarten last month.

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The Taixing Intermediate [??nt??mi:dj?t，??nt??mi?di?t](中級(jí)) Court found Xu Yuyuan guilty of intentional homicide [?h?m??sa?d, ?h??m?-](殺人) after a half-day open trial, which was attended by 300 people.
Xu admitted to the court his motive [?m?utiv](動(dòng)機(jī)) was to vent [vent](發(fā)泄) his rage(仇恨) against society.

It was not known whether Xu would appeal [??pi:l](上訴) his sentence.

Twenty-nine children and three adults were injured when Xu attacked them with a knife, at Zhongxin Kindergarten in Taixing city on April 29.

A string of school attacks has shocked China in recent weeks. Police have been ordered to beef up(加強(qiáng)) security at school compounds and nearby residential communities.(社區(qū))