3 killed after mentally ill man goes on rampage
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Three people were killed and five others injured after a mentally ill man targeted pedestrians in the southern city of Shenzhen yesterday in the latest string of attacks on the streets this summer.
Initial investigation said the 40-year-old assailant, surnamed He, who has been battling with psychiatric problems for 22 years, ran out to a roadside snack bar after his father failed to stop him from running out of the house.
He grabbed a knife and slashed the shopkeeper. With the same knife he attacked several passers-by, and injured himself during the process, police in Shenzhen’s Luohu District said.
Police were informed about 9:45am. They managed to overpower him and rushed him to the hospital along with the other injured people. Three of them died. No more details were available. Police only said He has been detained for the attacks.
The suspect has a history of mental illness, an initial investigation by district police authorities showed. He has been under treatment for his illness since 1991 followed by regular checkups. He, originally from the city of Jieyang in Guangdong, has been living in a neighborhood in the Luohu District for a while.
Last Monday, a 50-year-old Beijing resident with a history of psychiatric problems attacked four people in a supermarket, killing a woman and injuring three, including two boys.
On July 17, another person with mental health problems, fatally stabbed two pedestrians, including a foreigner, at a shopping mall in the capital.
Experts have suggested that the high temperatures may have contributed to the large incidents of the mentally sick attacking people, the Beijing traffic radio reported.
China has over 100 million mentally ill people but the number of psychiatric hospitals and rehabilitation centers are far less compared to the number of patients. Lack of care and supervision are partly to blame for the attacks.
Liu Renwen, a law professor with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, suggested the government establish community institutions to take care of people with mental problems.
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