Yan Yanming

Infobox Mass Murderer
name = Yan Yanming


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birthname = Yan Yanming
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birth = 1983
location = Ruzhou, Henan, China
death = January 18, 2005
deathplace = Pingdingshan, Henan, China
cause = Executed
penalty = Sentenced to death
date = November 26, 2004
locations = High School No. 2
Ruzhou, Henan, China
fatalities = 8
injuries = 4
weapons = Knife

Yan Yanming: (b. 1983 in Ruzhou, Henan, China - January 18, 2005 in Pingdingshan, Henan, China) was a Chinese mass murderer who killed on November 26, 2004 eight boys and injured four at a High School. On November 26, 2004, Yanming entered in a dormitory at the School and attacked the boys with a knife and killed eight of them. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,501041206-832294,00.html China's School Killings - TIME ] ]

After killing them, Yanming escaped and was arrested after he failed to commit suicide following the attack thanks to his mother that had reported him to the local police. [ [http://hric-newsbrief.blogspot.com/2005_01_16_archive.html HRIC News Brief: 2005/01/16 - 2005/01/23 ] ]

After trial, Yanming was sentenced to death and executed on January 18, 2005 in Pingdingshan. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200411/ai_n8603562 Attacker killed Chinese teens because they invaded his privacy: police | AFP | Find Articles at BNET.com ] ]

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