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Agence France-Presse

A Taiwanese court on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing a scooter driver in a random knife attack that has reignited debate about capital punishment.
Taiwan is one of Asia’s most progressive democracies and markets itself as a regional bastion of human rights.
But it has drawn criticism from the international community and local rights groups for continuing to enforce the death penalty.
Wang Ping-hua, 24, was convicted of murdering a man riding a scooter after quarrelling with his wife over where they should eat as the couple sat in a parked car.
“Wang stabbed and killed the victim, who was a stranger, by ambushing him from behind to vent his anger,” Taipei district court said in a statement.
“His motive is vicious … and his action is cold-blooded and inhuman,” it said.
Two dead in Chinese kindergarten stabbing rampage
The court rejected Wang’s argument that he was suffering from multiple personality disorders at the time of the crime and was in a “state of unconsciousness” and therefore “had no control” over himself.
Its decision will be automatically appealed to a higher court.
Polling shows most Taiwanese tend to support the death penalty.
Taiwan resumed executions in 2010 after a five-year hiatus and there are currently 39 prisoners on death row.
The administration of President Tsai Ing-wen has pledged to phase out executions but two have taken place since she was elected in 2016.
The last execution took place in April 2020. Weng Jen-hsien was shot by firing squad after being convicted of starting a fire that killed his parents and four relatives.


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Wang Ping-hua has been sentenced to death in Taiwan. Photo: Facebook

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Two victims of a stabbing attack at a kindergarten on Tuesday have died. Photo: Handout

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The suspect is seen being wrestled to the ground by police. Photo: Weibo

== PICTURE CAPTURED FROM WEIBIO == At least seven people were killed and seven others injured on Sunday when a knife-wielding man went on the rampage in a small city in northeast China.The suspect, identified only by his surname Yang, was detained by police in Kaiyuan, Liaoning province, at about 8.15am, state broadcaster CCTV reported.Police said they responded to calls received at about 8am that a man was attacking people at random in the Suntai Road area of the city.Photo: WEIBIO

39 children, staff hurt in knife attack at south China primary school

Parents wait for news of their children, about 40 of whom were injured in a knife attack at Wangfu Town Central Primary School in Guangxi. Photo: Handout

Roughly 40 primary school students and school staff were injured when a man with a knife attacked the school at Wangfu Town Central Primary School in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regionâs Wuzhou City on Thursday 04 Jul, 2020 morning.Â Photo: Handout

The man suspected to attack a primary school is arrested by police. Roughly 40 primary school students and school staff were injured when a man with a knife attacked the school at Wangfu Town Central Primary School in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regionâs Wuzhou City on Thursday 04 Jul, 2020 morning.Â Photo: Handout

United States considered nuclear strike on China over Taiwan in 1958, classified documents reveal

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Wang Ping-hua, 24, was convicted of fatally stabbing a man riding a scooter after quarrelling with his wife over where they should eat
Taiwan resumed executions in 2010 after a five-year hiatus and there are currently 39 prisoners on death row



Wang Ping-hua, 24, was convicted of fatally stabbing a man riding a scooter after quarrelling with his wife over where they should eat.


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