A Chinese man, who killed nine persons and injured nine others using a brick in a nursing home last year, was sentenced to death by a court in central China's Hunan Province.
Luo Renchu, a nursing worker, randomly attacked elderly people and staff with a brick in the nursing home over unpaid wages with the owner, the Intermediate People's Court of Loudi City said in its judgement.
The incident took place on February 19 last year at the Spring Festival in Aixin Nursing Home, Shuangfeng County, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The nursing home owed Luo and his wife, who is also a nursing worker, unpaid wages of about 40,000 yuan (USD 6,200).
He had asked for the wages many times and had been promised 10,000 yuan before Spring Festival but only received 6,000 yuan.
Luo sought revenge by attacking the home's residents with a brick as they slept in the belief it would cause the owners to lose money. He was arrested two days later arrested and he plans to appeal.
