2024-02-12 17:40:22
On February 10, 2024, in the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, a huge gun homicide occurred in Zheke Village, Ju County, Shandong Province. The news was blocked by the Chinese Communist Party. The picture shows that the entrance to Zhaike Village, where the murder occurred, is guarded by special personnel. (Internet picture)
[The Epoch Times, February 12, 2024](Interview and report by Ning Xin, a reporter from the Epoch Times special department) On the occasion of the Chinese New Year, a mass shooting occurred in Zhaike Village, Ju County, Rizhao City, Shandong Province. 21 people were killed. There are now two murderers. On the run, the entire village was on lockdown and the Internet was cut off for a time. A local villager confirmed the authenticity of the incident to the Epoch Times reporter and also told some details.
Wu Yu (pseudonym) is from Luohe Town. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, she heard news that she couldn’t believe. Her best friend’s family was shot dead. She collapsed on the ground at that time.
She told the Epoch Times reporter that at noon on the first day of the Lunar New Year, a friend of hers said to her: “Old Liu is dead.” The old Liu the friend mentioned was the father of Wu Yu’s good friend, who owned a clothing store and lived in his home. There were seven members of the family, including his sister, younger brother, grandparents, and mother, who were shot dead in the early morning of New Year’s Eve. Wu Yu couldn’t believe his ears.
On the 11th, she came to Zheke Village, which is only two kilometers away from her home. “When I went to see it, there were about a dozen policemen guarding the gate of the village, and a black car blocked both paths. I said I wanted to go in and play, but they wouldn’t let me in. Only people visiting relatives could go in, and then someone would follow me. A cordon was set up around the village to prevent anyone from getting closer.”
Only then did Wu Yu believe the news from her friend. When she came back, she burned paper money for her good friend. She said that this good friend went to Luohe Town Junior Middle School with her and was in the physical education class. He was very easy-going. Before the Chinese New Year, The two of them also agreed to go to her house to play after the New Year, but they didn’t expect that they would end it if they didn’t.
Wu Yu also said that the boyfriend of another friend’s relative was also killed.
According to Wu Yu, there are at least three murderers, or four or five, and there are currently two murderers at large. She said the police would not allow the information to be disclosed to the outside world. So she was very scared and didn’t dare to go out. When the reporter interviewed her, she also heard police cars passing by their village with their sirens honking. She hoped that the death toll would not increase.
She said that the murderer chose to attack at the same time on the night of New Year’s Eve and the first day of the New Year, when the whole village was setting off firecrackers. The villagers would not have thought that the sound of firecrackers would be mixed with the sound of gunshots. “That night, 11 people from 5 families were killed. All 5 families were gone. No one knew who was the first family to be killed. On the morning of the first day of the new year, he came back and killed 10 more people. Now a total of 21 people have been killed. There are still 21 people killed. Three people are being rescued. The gun used by the murderer was a shotgun or a homemade gun.”
Wu Yu said that a doctor in Zhaike Village who was near the scene of the incident was shot dead when he rushed to rescue people. The doctor was very young and had a child at home. In addition, the murderer also killed two policemen.
Wu Yu also revealed that the villagers knew that someone had been killed. They found the person dead at home when they went to visit for New Year greetings the next morning. The police did not come until noon. She guessed that the police might want to suppress the matter, but did not expect that word would spread outside. . The doctor was already dead when the police arrived.
What Wu Yu finds most incomprehensible is that the two murderers have not been caught yet. She said that her friend’s house is under surveillance and it should not be difficult to find the murderer. “I’m wondering why they can’t catch anyone. There’s obviously surveillance, but they don’t let me check the surveillance. My friend’s house has surveillance, so it’s been three days, and there are still two people who haven’t been arrested.”
Based on online news, it is reported that at least 21 people died. The murderer was a fired special police officer. The killing method was particularly bad. He stabbed two people at the door of a government family home with a knife. The blood flowed on the ground. He then hid it until the crowd gathered. When ambulances arrived, shots were fired at the scene. At least 40 people were shot. 21 people were confirmed dead and more than 20 people were injured. The death toll is still rising.
There is also news that the murderer was accused of murder and served 17 years in prison. Now he is released from prison to seek revenge. He had guns and knives. A total of 4 to 6 people committed the crime.
There is a group of chat messages saying that the murderer is a disabled person whose family conditions are not very good. He and his wife were disabled in a car accident and the wife ran away. The murderer can only do some work in the village. The boss will not pay him and there is an official in the boss’s family. The murderer was sent to prison for two or three years. When he came out this year, he took revenge on his boss and killed his entire family. He still had a daughter who went to college away from home and did not come back.
There have been many versions about the identity of the murderer and the number of deaths. The relevant news was once widely circulated on the Internet. Now it is difficult to search on social platforms such as Weibo and Douyin. However, some images and screenshots were uploaded to overseas social media and therefore were preserved.
As of the 12th, the authorities had not issued a notice, and self-media platforms Phoenix.com and NetEase had also removed relevant articles from their shelves.
Ifeng.com and NetEase articles were deleted. (Internet screenshot)
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