Heartbreaking farewell to hero schoolmaster in China

（People's Daily Online） 18:11, January 17, 2013

Thousands of people come to mourn and bid farewell to Yang Jianyi, who was killed for protecting his student and is honored as “the most beautiful headmaster”, Xinhua county, Hunan province, Jan. 17. (Photo/ vip.people.com.cn)

On the afternoon of Jan. 13, an unidentified man broke into a primary school, stabbed a student and then ran away. After hearing the accident, Yang Jianyi, the school’s headmaster chased after the attacker and was killed by severe wounds on the head during the fight. The attacker has been captured and admitted the guilty to police.

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