A man has been sentenced to death by a Chinese court for killing two officers at a checkpoint which was set up to control the spread of the virus, reported news agency AFP.
On 6 February, 23-year-old Ma Jianguo, together with a passenger, had been driving a minivan through a checkpoint in Yunnan when they were stopped. Ma refused to co-operate with checkpoint officials - though it is not clear what exactly was demanded of him.
His passenger began trying to remove the checkpoint roadblock, leading the officer to begin filming them on his phone. Ma then stabbed the official - and another who came to his aid. Both men died from their wounds in a killing the court described as "extremely vicious".
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