Chinese murderer of six sentenced to death

A Shanghai court on Wednesday gave the death penalty to a man who shot dead five people, including a soldier, and beat another to death.

Fan Jieming, 64, had a dispute at a chemical factory in the city's Baoshan district on June 22, 2013, before committing the murders.

Fan was convicted of murder, robbery, forcible seizure and illegal possession of guns, Xinhua news agency reported.