A man was sentenced to death for ramming a car into a school, killing one student and injuring 11, according to a local court in central China's Henan Province.

Ma Gaochao was sentenced to death on the charge of endangering public safety, with compensation of 680,000 yuan (about US$100,000) awarded to the plaintiff, according to the intermediate people's court of Nanyang City.

An investigation showed that Ma drove his car into a middle school in Nanyang around noon Feb. 29, 2016. He rammed the car into a crowd of students, injuring six students.

Later, he drove the car out of the school into a group students who were crossing the road, killing one instantly and injuring five others.

He was caught by police while driving away from the scene.

Ma was a retiree of the local procuratorate and committed the crime to vent anger against society after falling into business disputes, according to the court.

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