As authorities continue to censor debate about the car attack that killed 35 people in China, questions have been raised about the current spate of public disturbances.
Many people are discussing the cultural phenomenon known as” taking revenge on society,” in which people attack strangers in response to their own concerns on social media.
Police claimed the driver of a car in Zhuhai, in the southwestern area of Zhuhai, acted out of anger over a breakup arrangement.
It’s the latest in a line of problems in recent months, despite being said to be the deadliest known act of violence in a generation.
Amid a nationwide outcry over the Zhuhai event, President Xi Jinping has vowed” significant abuse” for the offender. Authorities said the 62-year-old driver, who has been arrested, is in a coma due to self-inflicted sores.
Many Chinese people expressed surprise at his actions on social media and questioned whether it was a sign of deeper institutional issues.
How can you exact revenge on society if your family life is n’t going well, says one Weibo comment that went viral? You’ve taken the lives of so many innocent persons, will you ever have a peace of mind”.
” If there is widespread shortage of job stability and great pressure to survive… then world is bound to be full of issues, animosity and terror”, one person said on WeChat.
Another man wrote in a widely-shared write-up:” We should be examining the deep-rooted, social]factors]… that have fostered so numerous… indiscriminate]attacks on ] the weak”.
This season, there have been reports of a number of violent strikes in China, including a large-scale stab and gun attack in Shandong in February that resulted in the deaths of at least 21 people.
In October, a knife attack at a leading university in Beijing injured five persons, while in September, a gentleman went on a stabbing spree at a mall in Shanghai, killing three people and injuring many others.
In recent days, many articles, comments, and posts about the Zhuhai event have been subject to censorship due to officers ‘ restrictions on debate of what appears to be a politically sensitive subject. In China, judges frequently remove social media posts that reference high-profile criminal situations.
Despite this, numerous personal accounts that raise questions about the incident continue to be widely circulated online. These records have not been independently verified by the BBC.
A home friend’s death was reported as being the result of her attack while she was joining a walking group for an hour.
” The loss of such a close friend is difficult for my family to take. The more I see her pain, the more I resent the cold-bloodedness of the murderer”, the man wrote.
The people claimed that the incident was “barely reported” while simultaneously providing more coverage for a prominent martial airshow that was taking place in Zhuhai. Aeroplanes are more important than individual life in the eye of those in charge.
A person who claimed their mother suffered serious injuries in the attack and was now receiving treatment in a hospital’s intensive care unit wrote a similar post.
The guy said it was questionable if their family do succeed and that their parents, who witnessed the assault, was devastated. His heart is broken, but he is still trying to gently respond to messages from people who care about my mother.
Additionally, they criticized the lack of knowledge in the days following the incident.
” Up to ten days after it happened, there were no data on the deaths, no remarks from the police”, said one of them.
Fan Wang provided further monitoring.