Repeat petitioner kills official, self
By Wang Xiang |
June 10, 2010, Thursday
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A PETITIONER allegedly killed an official in northeastern China Heilongjiang Province before committing suicide by taking poison.
Wei Guangchun, an official in charge of the reception of petitioners in Yichun City, died after Yu Guishuang stabbed him with a knife and punctured his right lung, locally based dbw.cn reported yesterday.
Yu Guishuang was a long-time petitioner, the report said. He arrived at Wei's office building on Tuesday morning, shouting that he would kill all the officials in the building.
Wei tried to calm him down. But Yu suddenly took out a knife and stabbed Wei between his ribs. Yu took poison after leaving the scene and died shortly afterwards, the report said.
According to an online post on China.com, Yu's wife died in a medical accident long ago, Yu was jailed for one-and-a-half years in reeducation camp in 2007 because of his petitioning over his wife's death.
Wei Guangchun, an official in charge of the reception of petitioners in Yichun City, died after Yu Guishuang stabbed him with a knife and punctured his right lung, locally based dbw.cn reported yesterday.
Yu Guishuang was a long-time petitioner, the report said. He arrived at Wei's office building on Tuesday morning, shouting that he would kill all the officials in the building.
Wei tried to calm him down. But Yu suddenly took out a knife and stabbed Wei between his ribs. Yu took poison after leaving the scene and died shortly afterwards, the report said.
According to an online post on China.com, Yu's wife died in a medical accident long ago, Yu was jailed for one-and-a-half years in reeducation camp in 2007 because of his petitioning over his wife's death.
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