Man sentenced to death for killing passengers on bus

Xin Haiping, who killed four and injured seven on a bus in June, was sentenced to death for the crime of intentional homicide and deprived of his political rights for life by a court in Xi'an, Shaanxi province on Friday.

The trial found that Xin claimed to have fallen seriously ill after being attacked with a "malicious injection" by someone when he was on a bus, which triggered the idea of seeking revenge, Xi'an Intermediate People's Court said on its official social media account on Friday.

"His anti-social behaviors were extremely cruel, which caused particularly serious consequences. This individual is highly dangerous and therefore was sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life," it added.