China sentences 10 people to death in sports stadium as thousands watched
They were then taken away for execution
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Your support makes all the difference.Thousands of people at a sports stadium in China watched as 10 people were sentenced to death before being taken away for execution.
The public sentencing was held in Lufeng, in southern Guangdong province, where 12 people were held on charges of producing and trafficking drugs, murder and robbery.
Video footage from the stadium showed those on trial being brought into the stadium in police trucks with their sirens blaring.
They were flanked by four police officers wearing dark sunglasses.
Seven of the 10 who were executed were convicted of drug-related crimes, The Paper reported, while the others were found guilty of murder and robbery.
After being convicted, they were taken to be executed.
Local media reports are unclear on what happened to the other two people.
It marks the second time in six months an open trial has been held at the sports stadium in Lufeng. In June, eight people were sentenced to death.
While China does not publish statistics on how many people receive the death penalty each year, Amnesty International estimated it killed "thousands" of people last year.
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