On October 28th, a knife attack incident occurred at the Third Primary School in Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing, resulting in at least 5 injuries, including 3 children.
According to reports on an overseas platform X, a middle-aged man in his fifties or sixties wielded a kitchen knife and attacked elementary school students, injuring three children, two of whom were severely wounded. One child had their finger severed while trying to cover their head with their hand.
Witnesses described the scene as being covered in blood, with parents sitting on the ground crying loudly in distress.
Video footage from the scene showed three children lying on the ground, one being held by a woman, another unaccompanied by a parent, and an adult nearby calming them down. Nearby, adults were seen helping to tend to the wounds of a child, with bloodied tissues scattered on the ground.
Screenshots of conversations indicated that the incident took place at the school entrance of the Third Primary School while students were being dismissed.
In the evening, Beijing Haidian police reported that around 3:20 p.m. on October 28th, a knife attack occurred near the intersection of Wanquan Zhuang Road and Wanliu Middle Road in Haidian District, injuring 5 pedestrians, including 3 minors. The suspect, a 50-year-old man named Tang, was apprehended on the spot, and the injured were taken to the hospital with no life-threatening injuries.
The incident sparked heated discussions online, with many netizens expressing shock and outrage at the violence targeting children. Some questioned the safety of schools and criticized the attacker’s actions as despicable and cowardly.
Due to the sensitive nature of the incident’s location, related videos were quickly removed from popular social media platforms.
This year has seen a series of violent incidents in various regions of China, including Shanghai, Guangdong, and Hunan, involving retaliatory acts targeting society or individuals. These acts, such as car ramming, indiscriminate stabbings, and random killings, particularly harming vulnerable groups like students, have raised concerns and fears in society.
Experts have attributed the frequent occurrences of violence in Chinese society to political factors, pointing to the repercussions of the authoritarian rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The lack of legal justice under the CCP’s rule has bred a culture of disregard for life and a lack of accountability, leading to individuals resorting to extreme acts of violence as a form of retribution.
Renowned political commentator, Xing Tianxing, emphasized that the absence of legal justice and the propagation of atheism by the CCP have contributed to a society where individuals feel emboldened to seek revenge in brutal ways when faced with injustices. This cycle of violence poses a threat not only to the general public but also to officials within the CCP who are vulnerable when societal unrest escalates.