HONG KONG – A court in central China has sentenced a kindergarten teacher to death for poisoning 24 pupils and killing one after a dispute with a colleague.
The teacher, Wang Yun, added nitrite to porridge that was fed to the other instructor’s class for breakfast on March 27, 2019, according to a ruling issued Monday by the Jiaozuo Intermediate People’s Court in Henan province.
The teachers had a dispute over “student management questions,” the court said, and Wang had sought to poison her rival’s class.
Several students who ate the porridge began vomiting and were sent to a hospital. Of the 25 who were poisoned, one died and 23 others fell ill, the court said.
In 2017, Wang poisoned her husband by putting nitrite she had purchased online in his water glass after an argument, the court said. He was sickened but survived. Nitrite is a type of salt often used in curing meats but can be toxic when ingested. (The New York Times)
