Yixing Wuxi Polytechnic Institute knife attack incident
At about 18:30 on November 16, 2024, at Wuxi Vocational and Technical College of Technology in Yixing City, Jiangsu Province, the People's Republic of China, a 21-year-old man, Xu Moujin, indiscriminately attacked students in the college with a knife. According to the police report, the attack caused 8 deaths and 17 injuries.
This is the second indiscriminate attack in the People's Republic of China in a week that resulted in multiple deaths. On November 11, 2024, a car-driving accident occurred at the Zhuhai Sports Center in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, resulting in 35 deaths and 43 injuries, and the attacker attempted suicide after the attack. This incident is also the second indiscriminate knife-wounding case in a month, and it has caused the most casualties in recent knife attacks.
The location of the incident, Wuxi Vocational and Technical College of Technology, is a public full-time general college located in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. According to its school profile, the school covers an area of nearly 1,000 acres and has a construction area of about 290,000 square meters.
In mainland China, some vocational schools act as "black intermediaries" or "contractors", sending students to factories to fill labor shortages in the name of internships; students work long hours but only receive meager pay. According to the country's regulations, secondary vocational students need to spend more than one year on "practical learning", while higher vocational students need more than one semester.
The BBC quoted Xiong Bingqi, president of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, as saying that although the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China had formulated the "Regulations on the Management of Internships for Vocational School Students" in 2016 to supervise the phenomenon of vocational schools and internship units exploiting students, the results were not satisfactory. And students do not have enough channels to protect their rights to protect their interests. "In this situation, students may have extreme ideas."
The Wall Street Journal pointed out that China's current economic weakness, high youth unemployment and long-lasting real estate slump have triggered social instability, which in turn has led to doubts about the Communist Party's ability to govern.
According to online news cited by the media, the attacker hid in the bushes before the attack and then indiscriminately stabbed students on campus.Pictures from the scene showed that many people fell to the ground on the campus road, and some people's clothes were stained with blood. Some students said that their roommates were stabbed and told others not to go out. Many students hid in their dormitories and even sealed their doors with wardrobes to prevent the attacker from breaking in and continuing the attack.
Several police cars and ambulances were parked outside the school, and the police entered the school holding shields. The attacker confronted the police on the school playground with a knife. The police shone flashlights at the attacker. A police officer subdued him when he turned sideways, and several male students came forward to help.
Later, the Yixing Public Security Bureau reported that the attacker was arrested on the spot and admitted to the crime. Some of the injured have been sent to the new campus of Yixing People's Hospital.
A "suicide note" suspected to be left by the suspect circulated on the Internet, signed by Xu Jiajin. The article mentioned that he worked 16 hours a day, was owed wages, and the school refused to grant him a diploma. He hoped to use his death to promote the progress of the Labor Law. The "suicide note" also wrote "You bullied me too much" and "Some accounts must be settled", and then "Long live the workers" and "Long live the proletariat" appeared.
The incident was only five days after the car-running accident at the Zhuhai Sports Center, so it attracted much attention, but many media reports were deleted and social platforms frequently blocked posts. It was not until 11:30 p.m. that night that the CCTV News Weibo released the Yixing Public Security Report that the relevant news was discussed within a certain range. However, the relevant topic on Sina Weibo showed "The content of this topic is not displayed" and could not be included in the hot search list. On Chinese social media platforms, searching for keywords related to the incident will show the police statement, but there are no videos or pictures related to the incident.
"Jimu News" reported that the leadership of Wuxi Institute of Technology held a meeting for this incident. After receiving the report of the incident, Xin Changxing, secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, issued an instruction, arranged for provincial leaders to rush to the scene to guide the disposal work, and held a meeting overnight. On November 17, Xin Changxing presided over a video conference, pointing out that not long after the Zhuhai car-driving pedestrian incident, such a tragic incident occurred in Jiangsu. This incident "has a bad nature and a bad impact, which is very distressing. We must deeply reflect, be vigilant, and learn lessons." We must find out the facts of the case as soon as possible, severely punish the murderer, and deter crime. At the same time, we must also learn from Xi Jinping's instructions on the Zhuhai case, comprehensively investigate all kinds of conflict risks, deal with conflicts at the source to the maximum extent, and strengthen campus safety management and patrols in key areas such as crowded places.
This incident caused an uproar on the Chinese Internet. Many netizens condemned the perpetrators and bluntly said that the perpetrators who attacked innocent people were cowards. Some comments forwarded Lu Xun's famous quote: "The brave are angry and draw their blades to the stronger; the cowardly are angry, but draw their blades to the weaker." Some online opinions believe that the social hostility is too heavy and call on the authorities to take measures to solve this problem. Some netizens also worry that using indiscriminate killing as a means of revenge against society has formed a copycat effect.
Reuters said the incident "sparked a rare but closely censored discussion" on the Chinese Internet, with topics focusing mainly on the mental health of the Chinese people, the pressures brought about by China's slowing economic growth, and whether today's young people face greater difficulties than previous generations who benefited from China's rapid development.
This is the second indiscriminate attack in the People's Republic of China in a week that resulted in multiple deaths. On November 11, 2024, a car-driving accident occurred at the Zhuhai Sports Center in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, resulting in 35 deaths and 43 injuries, and the attacker attempted suicide after the attack. This incident is also the second indiscriminate knife-wounding case in a month, and it has caused the most casualties in recent knife attacks.
The location of the incident, Wuxi Vocational and Technical College of Technology, is a public full-time general college located in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. According to its school profile, the school covers an area of nearly 1,000 acres and has a construction area of about 290,000 square meters.
In mainland China, some vocational schools act as "black intermediaries" or "contractors", sending students to factories to fill labor shortages in the name of internships; students work long hours but only receive meager pay. According to the country's regulations, secondary vocational students need to spend more than one year on "practical learning", while higher vocational students need more than one semester.
The BBC quoted Xiong Bingqi, president of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, as saying that although the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China had formulated the "Regulations on the Management of Internships for Vocational School Students" in 2016 to supervise the phenomenon of vocational schools and internship units exploiting students, the results were not satisfactory. And students do not have enough channels to protect their rights to protect their interests. "In this situation, students may have extreme ideas."
The Wall Street Journal pointed out that China's current economic weakness, high youth unemployment and long-lasting real estate slump have triggered social instability, which in turn has led to doubts about the Communist Party's ability to govern.
According to online news cited by the media, the attacker hid in the bushes before the attack and then indiscriminately stabbed students on campus.Pictures from the scene showed that many people fell to the ground on the campus road, and some people's clothes were stained with blood. Some students said that their roommates were stabbed and told others not to go out. Many students hid in their dormitories and even sealed their doors with wardrobes to prevent the attacker from breaking in and continuing the attack.
Several police cars and ambulances were parked outside the school, and the police entered the school holding shields. The attacker confronted the police on the school playground with a knife. The police shone flashlights at the attacker. A police officer subdued him when he turned sideways, and several male students came forward to help.
Later, the Yixing Public Security Bureau reported that the attacker was arrested on the spot and admitted to the crime. Some of the injured have been sent to the new campus of Yixing People's Hospital.
A "suicide note" suspected to be left by the suspect circulated on the Internet, signed by Xu Jiajin. The article mentioned that he worked 16 hours a day, was owed wages, and the school refused to grant him a diploma. He hoped to use his death to promote the progress of the Labor Law. The "suicide note" also wrote "You bullied me too much" and "Some accounts must be settled", and then "Long live the workers" and "Long live the proletariat" appeared.
The incident was only five days after the car-running accident at the Zhuhai Sports Center, so it attracted much attention, but many media reports were deleted and social platforms frequently blocked posts. It was not until 11:30 p.m. that night that the CCTV News Weibo released the Yixing Public Security Report that the relevant news was discussed within a certain range. However, the relevant topic on Sina Weibo showed "The content of this topic is not displayed" and could not be included in the hot search list. On Chinese social media platforms, searching for keywords related to the incident will show the police statement, but there are no videos or pictures related to the incident.
"Jimu News" reported that the leadership of Wuxi Institute of Technology held a meeting for this incident. After receiving the report of the incident, Xin Changxing, secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, issued an instruction, arranged for provincial leaders to rush to the scene to guide the disposal work, and held a meeting overnight. On November 17, Xin Changxing presided over a video conference, pointing out that not long after the Zhuhai car-driving pedestrian incident, such a tragic incident occurred in Jiangsu. This incident "has a bad nature and a bad impact, which is very distressing. We must deeply reflect, be vigilant, and learn lessons." We must find out the facts of the case as soon as possible, severely punish the murderer, and deter crime. At the same time, we must also learn from Xi Jinping's instructions on the Zhuhai case, comprehensively investigate all kinds of conflict risks, deal with conflicts at the source to the maximum extent, and strengthen campus safety management and patrols in key areas such as crowded places.
This incident caused an uproar on the Chinese Internet. Many netizens condemned the perpetrators and bluntly said that the perpetrators who attacked innocent people were cowards. Some comments forwarded Lu Xun's famous quote: "The brave are angry and draw their blades to the stronger; the cowardly are angry, but draw their blades to the weaker." Some online opinions believe that the social hostility is too heavy and call on the authorities to take measures to solve this problem. Some netizens also worry that using indiscriminate killing as a means of revenge against society has formed a copycat effect.
Reuters said the incident "sparked a rare but closely censored discussion" on the Chinese Internet, with topics focusing mainly on the mental health of the Chinese people, the pressures brought about by China's slowing economic growth, and whether today's young people face greater difficulties than previous generations who benefited from China's rapid development.
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