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BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese farmer who was sentenced to death for killing 10 people at a Taoist temple was executed on Thursday, state media reported.
Qiu Xinhua, 47, was charged with killing the abbot of the Tiewadian temple in the northern city of Ankang, five staff members and four pilgrims on July 14. He reportedly believed the abbot had flirted with his wife.
Qiu appealed on grounds that he was mentally ill, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Qiu's appeal said the abbot's flirtation "was an attack on his dignity which he co
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