Eight sentenced to death for attacks in China

A court in China sentenced eight people to death Monday
for two deadly attacks in the violence-torn far-western
Xinjiang region, state media said.
Five others were given suspended death sentences, state
broadcaster CCTV said — a penalty normally commuted
to life in prison.
Another four were jailed over the attacks, which killed 39
people at a market and one at a train station this spring.
Several attackers also died.