A man who plowed his vehicle into a group of schoolchildren in November, killing six, has been sentenced to death, a court in northeastern China’s Liaoning province ruled Tuesday.

The court said the defendant, Han Jihua, had “seriously endangered public safety” and should be “severely punished,” regardless of the circumstances leading up to the incident. An earlier trial had determined that the attack was motivated by financial pressure and a marital dispute, and that Han had intended to take his own life in the crash.

In May, another man was sentenced to death after stabbing three students and a parent outside a primary school in Shanghai. Earlier this year, the city published a guideline outlining new security requirements for local kindergartens, primary schools, and secondary schools. (Image: 红星新闻 on WeChat)