In 2014, 29 people were slashed and stabbed to death at a train station in China's south-western city of Kunming. On April 30, Wang Yonglai used a hammer to cause head injury to preschool children in Weifang,[8] Shandong, then used gasoline to commit suicide by self-immolation. Videos circulating on. [1] Knife crime poses security threats to many countries around the world. Firstpost - All Rights Reserved. The police said the suspect had a history of schizophrenia -- a serious mental illness characterised by symptoms of psychosis. 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. 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 victims were found in 13 different locations in the James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon, according to the . China, Japan incidents. [8], A World Health Organisation (WHO) report states that past victimisation is one of the risk factors causing violence. In the past couple of decades, several Chinese firms have become enormously influential on tech, from Alibaba and Tencent to Huawei. With guns strictly controlled and out of reach for ordinary people, knives have become the most common weapon used in such atrocities. Chinese state media has often highlighted mass shooting incidents in the US, and in some cases even characterized it as a human rights issue on which the US should learn from China.. [29], On 14 December 2012, a 36-year-old villager in the village of Chenpeng, Henan Province, stabbed 23 children and an elderly woman at the village's primary school as children were arriving for classes. Knife violence in Asia is not exclusive to China. In December 2020, a 62-year-old suspect stabbed seven people to death and injured another seven. An attack by knife-wielding men at a railway station in Kunming in south-west China has left at least 29 dead, the state news agency Xinhua says. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. And unlike the US, gun violence is rare in China, where the regulation on firearms is among the strictest in the world. Read about our approach to external linking. In fact, the United Nations identified sixteen countries in which knives and sharp instruments were used in more than half of the country's homicides. However, not all schools increased their security because of lack of funds to hire extra security. Deadly mass stabbings are more rare than mass shootings, but have happened around the world. Published by Statista Research Department , Oct 14, 2022. (Gun ownership is tightly controlled in China, where mass attacks usually . [18] Example of terrorist attacks in the United Kingdom include Manchester Arena Bombing, London Bridge attack and Westminster attack. [41], Four children were stabbed to death as they were walking to their school. Police seek a motive in deadly Santa Rosa school stabbing. After the 1996 Port Arthur mass murder, Australia banned most semiautomatic rifles, but they still have mass. 1; 2; First Prev 2 of 2 He also said society was changing rapidly and that subsequent changes in policy were needed. Chinese media suggest that incidents like these are isolated, but at the same time, officials have vowed to crack down on them. The van's three occupants then ran to the nearby Borough Market area and began stabbing people in and around restaurants and pubs. [2] This may be due to the exposure of young people to violent behaviour of family members, friends or other members of society, which lead them to think that acts of violence are normal and acceptable. Writing in the Washington Post on June 6 ahead of the meeting, US President Joe Biden underscored his belief in the power of democratic alliances to rise to the moment, and offer a high-standard alternative to China for upgrading physical, digital and health infrastructure that is more resilient and supports global development.. That plus a Q\u0026A with China Uncensored!YouTube demonetizes our channels! [2], Some scholars and experts believe that knife crime, mass stabbing and terrorist attacks have caused a surge in Islamophobia. By comparison, in countries with lower homicide rates, sharp objects/knives and "other mechanisms" tended to be the predominant methods. A teenager was killed and four people were critically wounded after they were stabbed while tubing on a busy Wisconsin river on Saturday, authorities said. . [34][35][36], In the early hours of November 13, 2022, four University of Idaho students were fatally stabbed in their off-campus residence in Moscow, Idaho. [13], The Government of the United Kingdom has announced on 31 January 2019 that they will introduce the Knife Crime Prevention Orders through an amendment to the Offensive Weapons Bill in conjunction with the government's effort in tackling knife crime. serpentza 1.18M subscribers Subscribe 77K Share 1.7M views 1 year ago In just the past 3 weeks, China has seen a huge surge in public knife attacks, often. Published Oct. 6, 2022 12:17 p.m. PDT. Yang Haifei, a resident of Yunnan, told Xinhua that he was attacked and sustained injuries on his chest and back. The United Nations' 2017 report also noted that as a rule, countries that had higher homicide rates were usually those in which firearms were more prevalent. Nine remained in critical condition in the aftermath. China. [2] Illicit drug trade has been linked to the increasing incidence of knife crime. A mass stabbing can be defined from a number of different perspectives. It is one of the leading causes of violent deaths, ranking in the top three alongside shootings and beatings. [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. Instagram. !\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. Deadly mass stabbings are rarer than mass shootings, but have happened around the world. [4], Based on a report by Tell Mama, there was a 26% increase in anti-Muslim attacks in the United Kingdom from 2017 to 2018. The choice of schools for most of the attacks means they could be copycat crimes.[20][61]. The perpetrator, 22-year-old Xu Taoran, died in the blast. [19][20], Another research from California State University, San Bernardino, has found that there was a 78% rise in hate crimes against Muslims in the United States of America in 2015. Knife violence in Asia is not exclusive to China. 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. But where did it come from? [26] He also advocated for legislation that would allow the disabled people to be euthanized with consents from their family members. As the gun-control debate resurfaces in the U.S., knife attacks at schools in China continue unabated. In other countries, bombings, mass stabbings, and car. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. In Japan's 2016 Sagamihara stabbings, a knife-wielding former employee killed 19 people and injured 26 more at a care home for the disabled. A mass stabbing is a single incident in which multiple victims are harmed or killed in a knife-enabled crime. Police investigate after a group of armed men attacked people at Kunming railway station in China's Yunnan province on Saturday. Institutions that are many decades behind the West in handling mentally disturbed patients are now being pressured to dramatically boost their capabilities, because Chinese families can no longer cope. Damian Grammaticas reports from Kunming where people are already returning to the railway station. Per the Pew Research Center, gun murder and suicide rates in the U.S. are both lower today than in the 1970s. [33], Two boys have died after they were beaten by a member of staff at a primary school in southern China, state media report. During this time, more and more migrant workers from rural areas have moved to cities such as Shanghai to find jobs. The Chinese knife attack wounded 22 kids and an 85-year-old woman at Chenpeng village in the southern province of Guangxi. Its stepping up in a major way primarily by spending money to meet the competitiveness challenge China presents, said William Reinsch, a trade expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Note: Data is from 2019, and is estimated. In April, four people were killed in. [49], On June 28, outside Shanghai World Foreign Language Primary School, one of the best private elementary schools in the city, a man attacked three schoolboys and a mother with a kitchen knife, fatally wounding two boys and injuring the others. Just Thursday, a day before the Guangxi stabbings, police announced theyd apprehended a 25-year-old suspect whod confessed to slashing the faces of a number of victimsmostly young womenon Beijings heavily travelled #5 and #10 subway lines. Knife-Wielding Terror Attack Kills at least 28 in China. [23] Authorities increased security in the Xinjiang region following the attack. An unidentified 34-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with the stabbings. [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. 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. State broadcaster CCTV said top security official Meng Jianzhu would travel to Kunming to oversee the handling of the investigation. 1 People's Hospital, where the injured are being rushed, and said hospitals have received 162 people. One of the main factors cited in this growth is the fact that knives are simply more widely available, being both cheaper and much easier to obtain than firearms. [8] Media reported a history of mental health issues, but police stated that Zheng had no history of mental illness, contradicting earlier reports. [30] Eight people were killed, and 48 others were injured, including members of the public and four unarmed police officers who attempted to stop the assailants. On April 29 in Taixing,[8] Jiangsu, unemployed 47-year-old Xu Yuyuan went to Zhongxin Kindergarten[15] and stabbed 28 students and two teachers after stabbing the security guard;[9] most of the Taixing students were 4 years old. [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. Knife-related violence has been on the rise worldwide since 2014. 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The suspect was a 40-year-old man surnamed Yu. 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. [2] WHO has stated that interventions in parenting skills can be beneficial to parent-children relationship and prevent violence amongst young people. Published by Statista Research Department , Nov 21, 2022. [15] England and Wales saw 85% of their knife crime offenders jailed for at least three months. The attacker then stabbed and wounded a policeman before being arrested. A man was arguing with his parents over money. [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.