The World - News from July 31, 1989

Two men were executed and a dozen other people were sentenced to prison terms in the central Chinese city of Wuhan for violence during recent pro-democracy demonstrations, the official New China News Agency reported. Yu Chunting and Guo Zhenghua were executed for stealing firearms and ammunition and killing a pregnant woman and a girl while committing a robbery, the agency said. One other person was given a suspended death sentence, two were sentenced to life in prison and nine received varying sentences for beating officers, attacking government buildings, stealing guns and ammunition and damaging railway facilities and public vehicles.