Women attacked in restaurant: 9 held
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Police have arrested nine people on suspicion of violently beating up several women at a barbecue restaurant in north China’s Hebei Province, local public security authorities said yesterday.
The incident occurred at around 2:40am on Friday in Tangshan. The suspects fled the scene after the attack, with some running to east China’s Jiangsu Province.
The suspects had all been caught as of Saturday, with the cooperation of police officers from Hebei and Jiangsu.
A senior official of Tangshan City has vowed to severely punish the attackers under the law, provide justice to the injured, and maintain social stability following the incident.
Footage of the incident widely circulated online shows a man placing his hand on a woman’s back as she shares a meal with two companions at the barbecue restaurant.
After the woman pushes him away, the man strikes her before others drag her outside and deal a barrage of blows as she lies on the ground. Another woman is also knocked to the floor.
Two women treated at a hospital following the incident were “in stable condition and not in mortal danger,” while two others sustained minor injuries, local authorities said on Friday.
Discussion of the assault dominated Chinese social media on Saturday, taking up the top six places of Weibo’s most-discussed topics. In a brief online commentary, state television called for the suspects to be severely punished.
The attack generated hundreds of millions of comments on social media, where users slammed predatory behavior and urged authorities to crack down on violence against women.
“How is this sort of thing still happening in 2022?” one wrote. “Please give them criminal sentences, and don’t let any of them get away.”
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