Overview
- The Middle People’s Court of Shenzhen convicted the teenager of intentional killing and imposed life imprisonment.
- The court also ordered lifelong deprivation of his political rights as an additional penalty.
- Judges said the attack was premeditated and carried out with particularly cruel means, calling the circumstances especially reprehensible.
- According to the court, the boy obtained a folding knife and in April stabbed his female classmate multiple times at the entrance to her residence, and she died despite rescue efforts.
- Local media citing investigators reported a possible jealousy over academic performance as a motive, which the court did not conclusively address.