A Chinese man who stabbed two officials to death at a coronavirus travel checkpoint was executed on Thursday, the country's Supreme People's Court has revealed. Ma Jianguo was believed to be the first criminal in China who has been executed for an epidemic-related offence. In a public notice, the Supreme Court said it issued the execution order to the Intermediate People's Court of Honghe Prefecture, which fulfilled the instruction today. As Li Minguo, another official, rushed over to intervene, Jianguo stabbed him in the abdomen multiple times. Two local government officials were stabbed to death by the criminal, named Ma Jianguo, after filming his companion removing the obstacles.

Source: Daily Mail July 09, 2020 09:07 UTC