Chinese teen kills nine in knife attack

yahoo.com ^ | August 2, 2012

[grundle]

A teenager has been arrested after killing nine people and wounding four others in a knife attack in northeast China, state media reported Thursday.

The 17-year-old, who was identified only by his surname Li, barged into the home of his girlfriend armed with a knife following an argument and killed two relatives of the girl, the Legal Daily said.

As he left his girlfriend's home in Liaoning province's Xinbin county, he stabbed six more people to death and wounded five, it said.

One of the injured died Thursday in hospital, the paper said.

Li was arrested near the scene of the attack, late on Wednesday night, and was taken into custody, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Police had nabbed him as he was preparing to jump from a building in an apparent suicide attempt, it added.

No other details were immediately available. Calls made to local authorities and police in Xinbin county went unanswered.

Violent crime has been on the rise in China in recent decades as the nation's economy has boomed and the gap between rich and poor has expanded at an alarming rate.

Experts say the increase in assaults shows that China is paying the price for focusing on more than 30 years of economic growth while ignoring problems linked to rapid social change.

Studies have described a rise in the prevalence of mental disorders in China, some of them linked to stress as the pace of life becomes faster and socialist support systems wither.

However, authorities stress that murder, which carries the death penalty, remains far less common than in most Western countries.

[Izzy Dunne]

It was a semi-automatic knife.

[BlueStateRightist]

Knife control would have prevented this.

[Izzy Dunne]

This may be significant:

There is a man in Northeast China with the surname "Li", who is a member of the Tea Party.

We're not sure it's the same man, but it probably is, only we don't know for sure, but it could be.

[Kartographer]

To many spoons, forks and knives in the hands of untrained civilians! These utensils belong on the battlefields not in the hands of everyday people. I propose that a law be passed outlawing all such utensils and mandate the use of plastic sporks only for all nonmilitary personnel!

[mtg]

Knives kill people.

[GraceG]

Knife Fight!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChbA41oqBjU

With a really really sharp knife!

[Kartographer]

"It was a semi-automatic knife."

Just imagine the carnage if he would have been armed with full automatic chop sticks!!

[Navy Patriot]

The Chinese government made a serious mistake in not banning assault knives.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

This is obviously the fault of somebody who should have recognized the warning signs and done something about it.

</end sarcasm tag required by the dimwits>

[bgill]

Yo, dude, that ain’t gonna win your girlfriend’s heart.

[agere_contra]

You win the thread :0)

[wardaddy]

However, authorities stress that murder, which carries the death penalty, remains far less common than in most Western countries.

of course it's lower, folks fear the state more

yet the state sponsored mass murder has been rather high through the years there

Cultural Revolution

Great Leap Forward

Population Control by the state

Citizens need not murder in Communist China, the state will do it for you

[JimSEA]

“Experts say the increase in assaults shows that China is paying the price for focusing on more than 30 years of economic growth while ignoring problems linked to rapid social change.

Studies have described a rise in the prevalence of mental disorders in China, some of them linked to stress as the pace of life becomes faster and socialist support systems wither.”

Back to the commune comrad. So many lives have been lost under crony capitalism. Back to pure capitalism which was so much kinder and more inclusive. Forward America into the collective. China shows the error of even small amounts of liberty.

Even the murder of nine people in a family dispute is politicized.

[arthurus]

Knives are hateful things! There is no place for them in a civilized society. BAN KNIVES!These innocent people were killed because of the easy availability of KNIVES!

[arthurus]

BAN BASEBALL BATS! ph...

Sorry. That's the next thing.

[Kartographer]

Clearly you didn't see Drudge today:


http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/01/obama-speaks-with-world-leader-on-phone-while-holding-baseball-bat/

[Durus]

This was obviously a deadly military type assault knife. Civilians have no reason to own these types of knives. Soldiers of the murderous Chinese government that have killed more of their own people that civilians ever dreamed of should be the only ones with access to these types of assault knives.

[3Fingas]

I am sure a number of factors caused this man to lose his marbles. However, I suppose the fact that Chinese parents selectively abort women most of the time could also have contributed to this crime. I don’t know the exact male/female ratio in China for marriageable people, but I know that there are far too many men chasing and far too few women. To this guy, losing his girlfriend, most have seemed like he was being doomed to live a life of certain celibacy.
One can only imagine the aggressive behavior such an imbalance of the sexes could eventually cause.

[jonno]

Violent crime has been on the rise in China in recent decades as the nation's economy has boomed and the gap between rich and poor has expanded at an alarming rate.

Correlation = causation??

Yep - watching everyone else get rich always makes me want to stab someone!!

sheesh...