China executes female kindergarten teacher for poisoning 25 children
China executes female kindergarten teacher for poisoning 25 children – killing one – by contaminating their porridge ‘in revenge’ after row with colleague
- Wang Yun, 39, was convicted after poisoning the porridge with sodium nitrite
- She adulterated the breakfast of her colleague’s pupils after they had fallen out
- Wang unsuccessfully appealed her death sentence and was executed Thursday
A female kindergarten teacher has been executed in China for poisoning 25 children, one of whom she killed, by contaminating their porridge ‘in revenge’ after she had a row with her colleague.
Wang Yun, 39, was arrested and later sentenced to death after she poisoned young students from the Mengmeng Pre-school Education in Jiaozuo four years ago.
Wang had adulterated the breakfast of her colleague’s pupils with sodium nitrite ‘in revenge after arguing with the co-worker’, the local authorities said at the time.
The teacher unsuccessfully appealed her death sentence, initially handed down in September 2020 by the Jiaozuo city intermediate people’s court, in Henan province.
On Thursday, the same court verified Wang’s identity, escorted her to the execution ground and carried out the death sentence, a court statement said, according to state media.
Video footage at the time showed nurses and doctors treating the sick children at a local hospital after they were poisoned by their teacher during breakfast
Wang purchased the sodium nitrite in March 2019 after falling out with her colleague, surnamed Sun, over ‘student management issues’, the Jiaozuo court said at the time of her arrest.
The next morning she added some of the chemical compound – which is commonly used as a food preservative but can be toxic and possibly fatal from overexposure – into the children’s ‘eight treasures porridge’, the court ruled, according to state media.
‘Eight treasures porridge’ is a sweet-flavoured rice-based porridge which is very popular in China.
It was reported at the time that 23 children began vomiting and fainting after eating their breakfast. Police launched an investigation after Wang was accused of poisoning the students on March 27, 2019.
Authorities later found that a total of 25 children were poisoned during the incident that shocked China and triggered global headlines.
At the time, parents rushed to Jiaozuo No.2 People’s Hospital where all children had their stomachs pumped and received urgent medical support.
One father, surnamed Li, told reporters at the time that he received a call from the principal that his four-year-old daughter felt sick after breakfast.
‘When I arrived at the school, my daughter had already passed out,’ he said.
The teacher responsible, Wang Yun, was yesterday executed in China after poisoning 24 of her colleague’s students, one of whom she killed. Pictured: One of the kindergarten students who was poisoned
The teacher added the sodium nitrite into the children’s ‘eight treasures porridge’ in a revenge plot
Another parent said: ‘My child said the porridge tasted bitter and salty when it was supposed to taste sweet.’
In January 2020, one of the children died of multiple organ failure caused by the poisoning after spending 10 months in hospital. Another 23 suffered minor injuries, according to the court.
The teacher, who was described by the court as ‘despicable and vicious’, was also found poisoning her husband in 2017 by putting sodium nitrite in his cup. He suffered minor injuries after drinking the water.
Wang’s is one of several high profile cases of deaths or violence in Chinese kindergartens in recent years.
Wang’s is one of several high profile cases of deaths or violence in Chinese kindergartens in recent years. (File image of children at a kindergarten in Beijing)
A 25-year-old man was suspected of attacking a kindergarten in China’s Guangdong province on Monday, killing six people and injuring one, triggering an outpouring of concern about violence against children at school.
In 2002, 42 people, mostly schoolchildren, died after eating snacks laced with rat poison in the eastern city of Nanjing. The killer, who apparently was jealous of his rivals’ thriving business, was swiftly sentenced to death and executed.
China executes thousands of people each year, by far and away more than any other country, according to estimates by human rights NGO Amnesty International.
China does not publish data on executions.
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