Yang Jia | |
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| Born | 27 August 1980 Beijing, China |
| Died | 26 November 2008 (aged 28) Shanghai, China |
| Cause of death | Execution by lethal injection |
| Occupation | Unemployed |
| Criminal penalty | Death penalty |
| Details | |
| Date | 1 July 2008 |
| Location(s) | Shanghai, China |
| Target(s) | Police officers |
| Killed | 6 |
| Injured | 4 |
| Weapons | Knife Molotov cocktails |
Yang Jia (simplified Chinese: 杨佳; traditional Chinese: 楊佳; pinyin: Yáng Jiā; 27 August 1980[1] – 26 November 2008) was a Chinese citizen executed for murdering six Shanghai police officers with a knife.
Yang received international media attention for the public sympathy accorded to him in China, where, according to exiled writer Ma Jian, Yang has become "a sort of national hero."[2] Beijing lawyer and blogger Liu Xiaoyuan prominently defended Yang.[3]
- ^ "Lawyers Talks About Yang Jia" (in Chinese). Sina.com. 8 July 2008. Archived from the original on 23 November 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
- ^ Edemariam, Aida (8 August 2008). "Playing with fire". The Guardian. UK. Archived from the original on 2 September 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
- ^ "Yang Jia and China's Unpopular Criminal Justice System". hrichina.org. 1 April 2009. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2011.