China’s Supreme People’s Court has executed a primary school teacher found guilty of raping or sexually abusing 26 girls.
Li Jishun had committed the crimes between 2011 and 2012 while teaching at a village school in Gansu province.
He preyed on pupils aged 4 to 11 who were “young and timid”.
Li had raped 21 of his victims and sexually abused the other five in classrooms، dormitories، and the forest surrounding the village near Wushan town. Some of his victims had been raped or abused more than once.
In china، there have been more than 7،000 child sex abuse cases in recent years and that the trend is on the rise.
The Supreme People’s Court told local media that the courts heard 7،145 cases of child sexual abuse between 2012 and 2014. The figures showed that the number of cases went up by about 40% during those years.