Wang Yun, 40, was led to the execution ground in Henan on Thursday and put to death, although details on the method of her execution are still unknown. Most death sentences in China are carried out with a bullet to the back of the head, but lethal injections are used in some cases.
From The New York Post:
The former teacher — denounced in court as “despicable and vicious” — had appealed the verdict, but her plea for leniency had been rejected.
In March 2019, Wang bought some sodium nitrite — a highly toxic substance found in fertilizers, munitions and explosives — after being involved in a fight with a colleague related to “student management.”
The next morning at Mengmeng Kindergarten, she sprinkled some of the chemical compound into the children’s “eight treasures porridge”, the court found, according to state media.
“Eight treasures porridge” is a sweet rice-based porridge, which is popular in China.
The nitrate-spiked breakfast food sickened 25 children, causing some to faint and be violently sick.
“The kids said the porridge tasted salty,” one parent told the Beijing News, according to a contemporaneous Global Times report.
Most of the youngsters suffered minor injuries and later recovered, but one student died in January 2020 from multiple organ failure, after undergoing medical treatment for 10 months.
What an incredibly crass and sick individual she was, to have vented her job-related frustration on innocent children.
While her motive was portrayed as revenge, it remained unclear whether she intended to kill or merely cause illness to the roomful of innocent kindergartners.
Initially, she received a sentence of only nine months in prison for intentional harm, but later the sentence was elevated to death.
