A man who stabbed and killed two school children outside a primary school in Shanghai last year was sentenced to death on Thursday, according to the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court.

The court handed down the death penalty to Huang Yichuan for intentional homicide. Huang was also deprived of political rights for life.

On June 28, 2018, Huang stabbed three children and a parent with a knife outside Shanghai World Foreign Language Primary School. Two students died, while another and a parent were slightly injured.

Believing that he had been insulted and hurt by others, Huang got the idea of killing innocent children to vent his anger, according to the court.

An investigation has shown that the killing had been well planned by Huang.

Although he was diagnosed with schizophrenia, the court said the diagnosis cannot exempt him from punishment because the mental illness had no significant influence on his ability to identify and control his behavior during the crime.

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