A 13-YEAR-OLD boy was sent to a rehabilitation center for three years for killing a 10-year-old girl in Dalian, Northeast China’s Liaoning Province, the harshest punishment within the current legal system for a minor, local police told The Beijing News on Sunday.

Police also confirmed that the killing was conducted by the boy himself, and his parents neither knew nor took part in it.

The boy, surnamed Cai, tricked the girl into entering his home, sexually assaulted her, stabbed her to death and dumped her body into the green belt of the community, the girl’s father told Jinyun News.

Dalian police announced on Thursday that Cai will not face criminal charges because he is not yet 14, the legal age of criminal responsibility under China’s Criminal Law.

(China Daily)