Cop killer's fate upheld

SHANGHAI: This city's high court has upheld the death sentence handed to the Beijing man who broke into a Shanghai police station on July 1 and stabbed six officers to death.

The ruling, announced yesterday morning by Shanghai high people's court, rejected Yang Jia's appeal against the intermediate court's decision.

According to the verdict, Yang launched the attack at Shanghai Zhabei district police station in revenge for unanswered demands.