Court gives revenge killer death penalty

Attack on mother dogged man for two decades before he exploded in anger

A man from Hanzhong, Shaanxi province, was sentenced to death on Tuesday for killing three neighbors in revenge for his mother's death, a local court said.

Zhang Koukou, 36, stabbed Wang Zixin and two of his sons, Wang Zhengjun and Wang Xiaojun, to death on Feb 15 and then set fire to Wang Xiaojun's car, according to the Hanzhong Intermediate People's Court.