In a shocking incident, a Chinese court has sentenced a nursery teacher to death for poisoning 25 children, one of whom died.
The accused identified as Wang Yun was arrested in 2019 in the Jiaoju area of Henan province. The incident took place on 27 March last year.
The children at the kindergarten were rushed to hospital after they had their morning breakfast.
The court said in a statement that she had put sodium nitrite into the breakfast of the young students of another teacher in "revenge" after they had "argued over student management issues". Further the court said that Ms Wang was "despicable and vicious, and the consequences of her crimes were extremely serious, and she deserves to be severely punished."
In 2019 media reported that 23 children began vomiting and fainting after eating their breakfast. One of the poisoned children died in hospital in January 2020 after spending 10 months in hospital.
The court also said this was not the first time Ms Wang had poisoned people, referencing an earlier incident where she bought nitrite online and poisoned her husband who suffered minor injuries.