Death sentence for killing Mongol herder

XILINHOT, Inner Mongolia - Li Lindong, a coal truck driver, was sentenced to death on Wednesday for killing a Mongolian herder who was dragged under Li's vehicle.

The verdict of the Intermediate People's Court of the Xilin Gol League in Inner Mongolia was announced immediately after the six-hour trial ended.

Lu Xiangdong, who was sitting beside Li in the truck when the herder, Mergen, was dragged to his death under the vehicle, was sentenced to life imprisonment.