Chinese peasants to be shot

Beijing - Four Chinese peasants convicted of murdering a German family of four in a frenzied knife attack during

Beijing - Four Chinese peasants convicted of murdering a German family of four in a frenzied knife attack during

a bungled robbery were sentenced to death yesterday, despite pleas for leniency from the victims' relatives. In China executions are usually carried out with a single bullet in the back of the neck.

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