Chinese murderer of six sentenced to death

Fan Jieming(mid) 

SHANGHAI, July 29 -- A Shanghai court gave the death penalty to a man who shot dead five people, including an armed soldier, and beat another to death on Wednesday.

Fan Jieming, 64, had a dispute at a chemical factory in the city's Baoshan District on June 22, 2013, before killing six people and injuring four, the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court said in a statement.

The statement said Fan was convicted of murder, robbery, and forcible seizure, illegal possession of guns.

Prosecutors said Fan first beat a colleague to death with an iron pipe at the plant. He then took a hunting rifle from his dormitory and asked a driver to take him to another district. He gunned down the driver on the way and took the vehicle, according to prosecutors.

He then killed a guard at a nearby military barracks and took his gun. After returning to the plant, he shot dead another three people.

Fan also injured three people seriously and left another with minor injuries in the spree. He was captured by police the same day and his trial began in January, 2014.