In recent days, a man in Kunming, Yunnan, carried out a stabbing attack on the streets of Fumin County. According to witnesses, the victim is believed to be the wife of the suspect.
Video footage of the scene shows a person lying on the ground near a pedestrian crosswalk, with a long trail of blood beside them. A police officer is seen covering the body with a white cloth. Next to them, a police car is parked with a man in dark clothing being restrained.
Witnesses described the perpetrator as a middle-aged man. The incident occurred around 4 to 5 pm on August 6th at an intersection on Yongding Street, opposite a school. “When I saw it, the man had killed the woman, and she was lying on the ground.”
Witnesses further claimed that the woman lying on the ground was the suspect’s wife, who was pronounced dead on the scene.
Commenting on the video, a netizen wrote, “This is my relative.” Another netizen asked, “Are they husband and wife?” to which the reply was, “Yes.”
Some netizens expressed shock and concern, saying, “I was nearby, and it scared me.” “Society today is so restless.” “Incidents like this will become more common in the future, as people’s tempers are high.”
The rising social tensions in China are becoming increasingly palpable. According to online reports, in just over a month, there have been nearly 60 incidents of violence or suicide across mainland China, involving provinces and cities such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, and Heilongjiang.
Regarding the frequent occurrence of various malign events in China, Du Wen, a former executive director of the legal advisory office of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region government, stated to Epoch Times in May of this year, “In recent years, with the authoritarian rule of the Communist Party, economic decline, unfair judicial practices, and the lack of relief channels for the people, intense pressure has been building in society, leading to a series of social malign incidents.”
Du Wen indicated, “These phenomena are referred to in social psychology as ‘extreme behavior induced by social pressure’ or ‘violence induced by social pressure.’ The problems in Chinese society today are a direct reflection of social disorder under Communist rule.”