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Xu Jiajin, the perpetrator of a knife attack that resulted in 8 deaths and 17 injuries at a vocational school in Yixing, East China’s Jiangsu Province, was executed on Monday in accordance with the law, Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday.

Wuxi Intermediate People’s Court in Jiangsu province carried out the death penalty against Xu after receiving the criminal ruling and execution order from the Supreme People’s Court. Wuxi People’s Procuratorate dispatched officers to supervise the process per legal requirements. Before the execution, Xu was allowed to meet with his close relatives, according to Xinhua.

On December 17, 2024, Wuxi Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Xu to death for intentional homicide and permanently revoked his political rights. Xu accepted the sentence, which was subsequently reviewed by the Jiangsu High People’s Court and submitted to the Supreme People’s Court for final approval.

The Supreme People’s Court, upon review, found that Xu deliberately and unlawfully took the lives of others, with particularly egregious criminal circumstances and extremely serious consequences. His crimes are extremely severe and warranted the harshest punishment under the law. As a result, the court approved the death penalty for Xu, according to Xinhua.

The attack took place on November 16, 2024 at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology. The 21-year-old suspect Xu, was caught at the scene and he confessed to his crime, according to a statement released by the public security bureau of Yixing.

According to the police, Xu, a graduate of the school in 2024, returned to the school to vent his anger for not receiving his graduation certificate due to failing exams and for dissatisfaction with his internship pay.

Global Times