A court in central China on Monday sentenced a kindergarten teacher to death for poisoning 25 nursery children, one of whom died.
The teacher named Wang Yun was arrested last year after the kindergarten students in Jiaozuo city were rushed to hospital after eating their morning porridge.
Describing Wang Yun's motives as "despicable" and "vicious", the court said she put sodium nitrite in the breakfast of her colleague's students for revenge after a fallout.
Wang had quarrelled with another teacher at the Jiaozuo kindergarten over how best to handle the students. Later, on the morning of March 27, 2019, Wang added nitrite to porridge supplied by the school and intended for the other teacher's students. Wang had previously bought the nitrite online.
After eating their breakfast, 23 children began vomiting and fainting. One of the poisoned children died in hospital in January after spending 10 months in hospital.
The incident shocked China and triggered global headlines.
Sodium nitrite is often used as a food additive for curing meat but can be toxic in high amounts. Source: s
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