Yang Jia
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For the Shang Dynasty King of China, see King Yang Jia.
Yang Jia (Chinese: 杨佳; pinyin: Yáng Jiā; 27 August 1980[1] – 26 November 2008) was a Chinese citizen executed for murdering six Shanghai police officers with a knife.
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Born | (1980-08-27)27 August 1980 Beijing, China |
Died | 26 November 2008(2008-11-26) (aged 28) Shanghai, China |
Cause of death | Execution by lethal injection |
Occupation | Unemployed |
Criminal penalty | Death penalty |
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Date | 1 July 2008 |
Location(s) | Shanghai, China |
Target(s) | Police officers |
Killed | 6 |
Injured | 4 |
Weapons | Knife Molotov cocktails |
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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]