Nanny kills mother and 3 children in China

A Chinese nanny has been executed after deliberately starting a fire that killed a mother and her three children in the eastern city of Hangzhou.

35 year old Huanjing was sentenced to death for arson in February.

She had allegedly racked up significant gambling debts, and had hoped "saving" the family from the blaze would persuade them to lend her more money.

Instead, the fire in their 18th‑floor apartment killed a woman and her children, aged six, nine and 11.

China is believed to execute more people annually than any other country, but is highly secretive about the number. Human rights group Amnesty International puts the figure in the thousands ‑ more than the rest of the world's nations put together.

[Source: BBC]