China executes four child smugglers

The Chinese authorities have executed four men for their roles in a child smuggling operation that abducted and sold dozens of children over a two-year period.

The four were killed yesterday in Guiyang, the capital of the southern Guizhou province.

The men were sentenced to death in May after a three-day trial.

Police in Guizhou rescued more than 40 kidnapped children while investigating the case.