Killer of 8 weeps to execution

The man who killed eight people, including a two-year-old baby, in just 15 hours, was executed on Thursday, in Suizhou city in central China's Hubei province.

The death penalty, awarded by the Intermediate People's Court of Suizhou on February 9, was approved by the Supreme People's Court, local media reported.

Xiong Zhenlin, 35, a former boss of a junk collection station, killed his victims in the town of Luoyang, Suizhou on Jan 4 and was arrested a week later, after the Ministry of Public Security released an A-degree wanted notice and offered a reward of 50,000 yuan ($7,300) for his capture.