[24][25] The suspect, former employee Satoshi Uematsu,[26] surrendered himself at a police station near the site of the attack shortly after. Last April, two children were killed, and 16 others wounded when a knife-wielding man entered a kindergarten in southern China. As a result of this dynamic, countries that have a high number of stabbing deaths tend to have very low gun violence compared to other nations and appear near the bottom of any list of mass shootings per country. Published by Statista Research Department , Nov 21, 2022. Over the weekend, six people were killed and 14 injured after a knife-wielding man stabbed passersby on a pedestrian shopping street in the eastern Chinese city of Anqing. The World's Deadliest School Massacres A monument to those who helped children held hostage in the horrifying school massacre in Beslan, Russia. All of the children survived and were hospitalized, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. [30] The attacker was restrained at the school, and later arrested. 2:08 AM EDT, Wed June 9, 2021. Note that these data indicate the percentage of homicides that are committed using knives and sharp objects, but are not indicative of the homicide rate or the total number of homicides in a given country. [47] The blast occurred at the entrance of the kindergarten, while children were leaving school. [16] For example, No Knives, Better Lives, an organisation launched in 2009, works with the Scottish police, schools and volunteers to raise awareness among young people on knife crime prevention. Some of the victims, including a. Instagram. How many countries are surrounded by China through land? Police investigate after a group of armed men attacked people at Kunming railway station in China's Yunnan province on Saturday. As most cases had no known motive, analysts have blamed mental health problems caused by rapid social change for the rise in these kinds of mass murder and murder-suicide incidents. Police determined that the fire started on the floor of the bus next to the driver's seat, where the cap to a cigarette lighter and gasoline residue were found. The police said the suspect had a history of schizophrenia -- a serious mental illness characterised by symptoms of psychosis. January 25, 2023. And unlike the US, gun violence is rare in China, where the regulation on firearms is among the strictest in the world. On May 27, a 51-year old man went on a killing spree in the Japanese city of Kawasaki, located south of Tokyo. [52], On the afternoon of March 14, 2019, a man attacked students near the Guanghuadao Primary School and 17 students were injured[53], An attacker killed eight students and injured two others at an elementary school in central China on the first day of the new semester, police said Tuesday. President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang have sent condolences to the victims and their families. The spate of attacks left at least 90 dead and some 473 injured. The man, whose surname was given as Zang, killed his sister and his sister's mother-in-law at their home in a family dispute over money on Wednesday, the Shanghai Daily newspaper said. No motive for the assault was immediately publicized. Wednesday's knife attack is the latest in a series of such attacks that have led to 100 deaths in the past decade, according to a report by Independent. A group of knife-wielding men attacked a train station in southwestern China on Saturday, killing at least 29 people and injuring more than 130 others in what Chinese officials called a terrorist strike, the official Xinhua News Agency said. A man was arguing with his parents over money. All 13 people aboard the bus were killed, including the driver himself and a teacher.[46]. Chinas stabbing problem: Why are mass knife attacks so common. [32] Alerts relating to the incidents were extended to Manitoba and Alberta. Revisiting the past: People visit a photo exhibition in Beijing showcasing how life in China has changed over the past 100 years. [4] Police reports in 2016 also stated that hate crimes and violence against Muslim communities in the United States of America were on the rise. In addition to the eight kids slain in the attack, two . Deaths by sharp objects are especially noticeable in the 15-19 and 20-24 age groups in Northern and Western European countries. File photo of police standing guard next to a basket being used to cover a knife within a cordoned off area . Deadly mass stabbings are rarer than mass shootings, but have happened around the world. Most of the injured were schoolchildren. Police seek a motive in deadly Santa Rosa school stabbing. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Read about our approach to external linking. One of the more notorious knife attacks in Asia occurred in 2014, when a group of eight men and women wielding long-bladed knives attacked patrons at a Kunming train station, injuring more than 140 people and resulting in 29 civilian deaths. People lay flowers at the site of a stabbing that left 6 pedestrians dead and 14 wounded in the Chinese city of Anqing on June 6, 2021. "They just fell on the ground," he added. What's the least amount of exercise we can get away with? However as Chinas economic downturn churns onand rapid urbanization and dislocation continuesthe psychological stress on its citizens can only get worse. The timing of the four incidents suggested the possibility of a copycat phenomena, in which criminals mimic sensational incidents after learning of them from media. Images seen by the BBC show men and women lying on the floor in pools of blood following the attack. Deadly mass stabbings are more rare than mass shootings but have happened around the world. A WHO report states that creating safe learning environment in schools is critical in preventing violence and knife crime among young people. [27] The suspect is a local farmer who is suspected of being mentally ill.[28], On 21 September 2012, three children died and 13 more were injured after a suspected mental patient allegedly broke into a nursery in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and attacked students with a knife. 15 years minimum to infinite, or never (depending on crime and state) Fear of crime > Worries about being insulted. [15] England and Wales saw 85% of their knife crime offenders jailed for at least three months. In December, another mass stabbing in a small city in northeastern Liaoning province left seven people dead and another seven injured. We don't have exact figures for this year yet. This statistic shows the total number of homicides by shooting in Canada from 2004 to 2021. State-run Yunnan News said that the men were wearing uniforms when they stormed the railway station and that gunshots were heard after police arrived. By comparison, in countries with lower homicide rates, sharp objects/knives and "other mechanisms" tended to be the predominant methods. [16] The attack was the second in China in just two days. The suspect, Wu Yechang, aged 25, was caught on-site by police officers, who rushed to the nursery after receiving emergency calls. Between 2002 and 2007, hospital admissions for assault by a knife or sharp object increased by 34%. During this time, more and more migrant workers from rural areas have moved to cities such as Shanghai to find jobs. With a knife in each hand, he killed a 39 year-old man and a 12 year-old schoolgirl,. Sign up here. !\rhttps://www.patreon.com/ChinaUncensored\r\rWe also accept bitcoin!\rhttp://www.chinauncensored.tv/bitcoin/\r\rMake sure to share this video with your friends!\r______________________________\rSubscribe for updates:\rhttps://www.youtube.com/ChinaUncensored?sub_confirmation=1\r\r______________________________\rTwitter: https://twitter.com/ChinaUncensored\rFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/ChinaUncensored\rInstagram: http://instagram.com/ChinaUncensored\r\ror check out the China Unscripted Podcast!\rhttps://youtube.com/chinaunscripted\r______________________________\r All Rights Reserved. The number of attacks per year is not clear but attacks are regularly reported in the media, showing that efforts to regulate the purchase of knives or punish the attackers have been unsuccessful in deterring the violence. In May 2010, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao commented on the school attacks and said that the "social tensions" in China must be addressed. Although they usually garner less media coverage, other incidents of violence appear to have similar roots: the attackers are usually Chinese men who are either mentally disturbed or distressed by personal disputes, economic pressures, or unhappy love affairsor a combination of the three. 645. Social media users in China posted pictures of the attack on the internet, but correspondents say they are being taken down. How did it start? In September 2011, a young girl and three adults taking their children to nursery school were killed in Gongyi,[25] Henan by 30-year-old Wang Hongbin with an axe. You only ever hear about mass shootings in America, because guns are way cooler and it's usually a school. However, not all schools increased their security because of lack of funds to hire extra security. [11] In general, there is a lack of consensus on the relationship between repression and violence. The victims were found in 13 different locations in the James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon, according to the . Photos circulating online showed scattered luggage and bodies lying on the floor in blood. The closest data we have is for homicides involving stabbings in London until the end of last year and those involving stabbings or shootings across the whole of England . The state media has also been keeping news of these attacks quiet by deleting forum entries on the internet and releasing few facts on the incident for fear of copycat crimes and mass panic. No country is surrounded by China, but 14 countries share a land border with China: Russian Federation Mongolia North Korea Vietnam Laos Myanmar India Bhutan Nepal Pakistan Afghanistan Tazikistan Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Fourteen countries in all. [1], As the Chenpeng school attack was followed by the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in the United States hours later[2][3] comparisons were drawn between the two. The bill still needs to pass the US House of Representatives before making its way to President Joe Bidens desk. [24], On 3 June 2017, a terrorist vehicle-ramming and stabbing took place in London, England, UK. [24] Charged with murder, Uematsu was eventually sentenced to death. I suspect this has something to do with being stuck in some mental/emotional developmental stage (s) that can't mature. Gao Feng held an emergency meeting at No. They are then more likely to resort to violence. Read about our approach to external linking. [19][20] All of the attacks happened in the United Kingdom in 2017. [18] Some experts have attributed the backlash against the Islamic religion and Muslims to the terrorist attacks in the United Kingdom which were carried out by Muslims. We need your support! Tours, exhibitions, performances and other events celebrating the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party have sprung up across the country in the lead-up to July 1. Chinese law generally prohibits private possession of firearms (except for hunters with permits), and the Chinese government has stepped up its policing of illegal firearms in recent years. A 35-year-old man was arrested. The incident took place in Haikou, the capital city of the southern island province of Hainan. Knife violence in Asia is not exclusive to China. It was also called "China's 9-11" by the Global Times, a state-run media in China. [56], On December 27, 2020, seven people were killed and seven others injured during a mass stabbing attack outside a school in Kaiyuan, in the Liaoning province. According to CNN, a local government statement said that the 25-year-old unemployed man was seeking to "vent anger over family troubles and pessimism.". The high number of casualties is just the latest in a string of school attacks, and it underscores inadequacies in the countrys antiquatedand in some places virtually non-existentsystem for diagnosing and treating citizens suffering psychiatric distress. This may include social inequality, abuse of alcohol and other drugs, easy access to weapons, social and cultural norms, religious and political reasons, among others. There were scenes of shock and anguish after the attack, Authorities quickly sealed off the railway station in Kunming, Police are combing the scene of the attack, Bakhmut attacks still being repelled, says Ukraine, AOC under investigation for Met Gala dress, Mother who killed her five children euthanised, Alex Murdaugh jailed for life for double murder, Zoom boss Greg Tomb fired without cause, The children left behind in Cuba's exodus, US sues Exxon over nooses found at Louisiana plant, Sacred coronation oil will be animal-cruelty free. The summit, which begins June 11 and runs for three days, is expected to include discussions on how the worlds wealthiest democracies can work together to tackle major global challenges such as access to covid-19 vaccinations and climate change, while countering the rise of China and Russia. Three people were left dead and six others wounded as a gangster wearing a cap and mask stormed a kindergarten and attacked people with a knife in southeast China's Jiangxi province. Beijing, China, February 10, 2019 a 35-year-old man with a personal grievance attacked 13 people with a knife in a busy shopping mall in Beijing on Sunday, killing one. Published Oct 19, 2017. 2023 BBC. But while Chinas strict control on guns has sharply reduced the number of casualties in public attacks, it has seemingly failed to address the root causes that repeatedly trigger these types of tragedies. In the past couple of decades, several Chinese firms have become enormously influential on tech, from Alibaba and Tencent to Huawei. There was no known motive. Wielding a knife, the man stabbed eight students and a teacher before he took his own life, the report said. Join date : 2017-10-22. Deadly mass stabbings are rarer than mass shootings, but have happened around the world. [50], A knife-wielding assailant injured 14 children at a kindergarten in the western Chinese city of Chongqing on Friday morning, police reported. But schools are still coming under attack. Myles Sanderson was responsible for all 11 deaths during the mass stabbing in Saskatchewan last month, according to RCMP. Police arrested the 17-year-old on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a 60-year-old teacher multiple times in the arms and stomach. Videos circulating on. However, the numbers are reversed in Europe, where guns account for barely 20% of homicides but knives are used nearly 40% of the time. The Yema Stabbings. China. Last June, knife-wielding assailants killed nine policemen and 17 civilians at a police station in Lukqun Township in Xinjiang. ET) at the Kunming Railway Station in the capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province. Tbh though that's their own fault for being nosy. [9], An attacker named Wu Huanming (), 48, killed seven children and two adults and injured 11 other persons with a cleaver at a kindergarten in Hanzhong, Shaanxi on May 12, 2010;[8] early reports were removed from the internet in China, for fear that mass coverage of such violence could provoke copycat attacks. Some who escaped were desperately looking for missing loved ones. [54], More than 50 people, almost all of them young children, were hospitalized in southwest China on Tuesday after a man broke into a kindergarten and sprayed them with a corrosive chemical as revenge on society. Fifty-one children and three teachers were injured in the attack in Kaiyuan, in Yunnan province, local authorities said. [51], A 49-year-old man has been arrested after attacking 20 children at a primary school in Beijing with a hammer. [29] They were shot dead by Metropolitan Police and City of London Police authorised firearms officers. London's knife crime rates have unfortunately increased in recent years, with a 10% jump from last year and a 29% increase since 2011. [59] Police said the suspect, identified as 48-year-old Liu Xiaohui, fled to a mountainous area in a neighboring county after the attack, and was arrested 12 hours later. The death toll has risen to nine in Friday's stabbing attack outside a middle school in northwestern China allegedly carried out by a former pupil seeking revenge for having been bullied. -Fria TiderToday, Sweden is reeling over the news that a 10-year-old girl and a female relative of hers in her 60s have been randomly stabbed on a street in central Gothenburg. He added that those too slow to flee were cut down. 2. [4], On March 1, 2014, a group of eight male and female attackers wielding knives attacked a railway station at Kunming, the provincial capital of Yunnan, in the southwest of China. 10 years for non-violent crimes; never for murder, rape, kidnap, arson, explosives offences, putting hazardous materials or other organized violent crimes. Subject: February 13, 2023 - 3 killed in mass stabbing Sat Feb 25, 2023 3:55 am A man identified as Yin (38) killed 3 Men identified as Zheng (32), Zhang (29) and Wei (39) and injured 3 more before being arrested President Xi urged "all-out efforts" to investigate the attack. In 2021, a total of 297 victims died by . That plus a Q\u0026A with China Uncensored!YouTube demonetizes our channels! [2][16] They were offered with assistance in employment, housing and education to help them depart from violence and knife crime. To take revenge on society, he decided to commit the crime, the man told the police. Various studies have been conducted by scholars and researchers to examine the relationship between political repression and terrorism. [16] Gang members were also invited to a meeting with the police, health professionals, victims and social service workers where they discussed the implications of knife crime and violence. Most of the Chinese victims on Dec. 14 were pre-teens who suffered head wounds. [43][44][45], A driver angry over the loss of overtime pay set fire to his school bus in the eastern city of Weihai, killing 13 people, including 11 children from China and South Korea. And this tradition is not always considered evil. It was the second random attack on schoolchildren in the mainland in three weeks. The knife-wielding suspect, Yang Jiaqin, aged 40, was detained. [2], Another initiative taken by some schools is the introduction of bully-prevention programs in schools. [16], Members of the law enforcement community has also lobbied the government for extra funding to tackle crimes. According to CNN, a local government statement said that the 25-year-old unemployed man was seeking to "vent anger over family troubles and pessimism." View this email in your browser COVID: What Really Happened in Wuhan? This may include enacting new legislation, social and education programs, medical interventions, among others. As the gun-control debate resurfaces in the U.S., knife attacks at schools in China continue unabated. [2], In Scotland, knife crime is treated as a public health issue and a public funded initiative was launched to address the root cause of knife crimes. 8 y [2] Similarly, drug abuse is another possible cause of knife crime. Facebook. Even with a record of mental illness among the people of China, an estimate puts the number at 100 million, availability of mental health professionals is quite limited. A Warner Bros. A review by Gatestone Institute of German police blotters found that 2018 was a record year for stabbings and knife crimes in Germany: Police reported more than 4,100 knife-related crimes in 2018 . VZ. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States of America has defined mass murder as an incident where four or more people are killed in a single incident on a continuing basis without any significant time period in between each of the murders.