Suspect prosecuted for 2009 killing of two in downtown Beijing

A man who allegedly killed two and injured 14 others in downtown Beijing in 2009 has been referred to prosecutors, a court statement said Thursday.

Zhang Jianfei, 47, was charged with endangering public security, said Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court in a written statement.

A drunken Zhang is alleged to have stabbed the victims with a knife at 6 p.m. on Sept. 17, 2009, in the Dashilan area in central Beijing.

The statement said Zhang was formerly a worker at a primary school in Yongji County in northeast China's Jilin Province. In Jilin, Zhang had often created disturbances while under the influence of alcohol.

Court sources did not give further details and the date for the trial has yet to be set.

Source:Xinhua