WUHAN - Three people stood trial Friday for an explosion at a bank in central China last December that left two dead and 15 injured.

Wang Haijian, Wang An'an and Wang Wei allegedly tested and made explosives and planned to detonate them to rob a cash truck at bank offices, the Intermediate People's Court in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, said in a statement.

But for fear of punishment, Wang An'an and Wang Wei said last August that they would not take part in the bank robbery, it said.

Wang Haijian, 25, did not want to give up. He alone detonated the explosives near a China Construction Bank branch in Wuhan using a remote control on December 1, killing a 16-year-old and a 20-year-old and slightly injuring 15 others.

Wang Haijian later fled the scene on a motorcycle after the robbery failed, the statement noted.

"I was guilty and deserve death, but the killing was unintentional," he said at the court hearing. "I was very nervous then. I wanted to cancel the explosion, but my shaking fingers pressed the wrong button."

The main culprit was born to a farming family in the city of Zaoyang in Hubei and ran an electronics repair shop in Wuhan.

The court is to announce the verdict on another date.