Yang Qingpei (born 1989) is a Chinese man accused of the

mass murder Mass murder is the act of murdering a number of people, typically simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time and in close geographic proximity. The United States Congress defines mass killings as the killings of three or more pe ...

of 19 people. He confessed to killing his parents in an argument over money and then killing 17 neighbours with a pickaxe in an attempt to cover up his crime on September 29, 2016, state media reported. The youngest victim of the murderous rampage in a remote village in southwest China was three, the oldest 72. They were members of six families. Suspect Yang Qingpei, aged 28, went to his home village of Yema on Wednesday. He was arrested in

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, capital of Yunnan Province, on Thursday. The crime took place in

Qujing Qujing () is a prefecture-level city in the east of Yunnan province, China, bordering Guizhou province to the east and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to the southeast; thus, it was called "Key between Yunnan and Guizhou" () and "Throat of Yu ...

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. On July 28, 2017, Yang was sentenced to death.

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云南19人被杀案告破：嫌疑人杀死父母后在昆明被抓
(September 30, 2016)
Chinese police arrest man suspected of killing 19 people
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