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HUNAN

Man executed for killing, burying victim

Du Shaoping, who killed and buried a man under a school playground 17 years ago in Hunan province, was executed on Monday after China's top court approved his death penalty. Du was convicted of intentional homicide and sentenced to death by the Huaihua Intermediate People's Court on Dec 18 after he was identified as the man who killed and buried Deng Shiping under the running track of Xinhuang No 1 Middle School in 2003. Du had appealed to the Hunan High People's Court, but the appeal was rejected and the original ruling was upheld on Jan 10. The intermediate court issued a statement via its website saying Du had been executed on Monday after the Supreme People's Court approved the death sentence on Thursday.

BEIJING

Suspect detained after attack on 4 at hospital

A man who wounded four people in Beijing Chaoyang Hospital with a kitchen knife on Monday has been detained, local police said in a statement. Police in Beijing's Chaoyang district said the 36-year-old man, surnamed Cui, tried to escape after injuring four people, including three medical workers, at the hospital at about 2 pm on Monday. He was captured by police soon afterward with the help of hospital security guards. The four victims sustained non-life threatening injuries. The case is under further investigation.