Yang Jia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yang Jia

Chinese mass murderer

Date of Birth: 27-Aug-1980

Place of Birth: Beijing, China

Date of Death: 26-Nov-2008

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Yang Jia (Chinese: ??; pinyin: Yáng Jia; 27 August 1980 – 26 November 2008) was a Chinese citizen executed for murdering six Shanghai police officers with a knife. Yang received international media attention for the public sympathy accorded to him in China, where, according to exiled writer Ma Jian, Yang has become "a sort of national hero." Beijing lawyer and blogger Liu Xiaoyuan prominently defended Yang.