China executes student who stabbed woman to death
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A state news agency says Chinese authorities executed a college student who ran into a young mother with his car and then stabbed her to death to avoid paying any compensation. The case sparked a public outcry.
The Xinhua News Agency says Yao Jiaxin was executed Tuesday in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province in northwest China. Yao, 21, was a student at the Xi'an Conservatory of Music. (AP)