Beijing airport bomber gets six-year sentence
Source: Al Jazeera
A partly paralysed man who had set off a bomb inside Beijing's airport in hopes of winning redress over an alleged beating by public officials has been given a six-year prison sentence.
Lawyers and relatives of Ji Zhongxing were on hand for Tuesday's verdict and sentence. The court did not say whether he was among the nearly 40 people in attendance.
Ji, a former motorcycle taxi driver from the eastern city of Heze in Shandong province, went on trial last month for endangering public safety with a homemade bomb. The 33-year-old had faced up to 10 years in prison.
He was the only person injured in the July 20 explosion, losing a hand.
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