China executes three for abducting and selling babies

Two men and a woman were executed today in south-western China for abducting and selling 11 boys aged two and three.

The executions were carried out in Kunming, a city in Yunnan province, where the boys were abducted between 2001 and 2003, the official Xinhua News Agency said. It said several other people convicted in the case were sentenced to prison terms ranging from six years to life.