Hebei tractor rampage
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The Hebei tractor rampage was a spontaneous mass murder
incident in which 17 people were killed in Yuanshi County
, Hebei
, China
by a shovel loader. The rampage began when coal worker
Li Xianliang (李现亮), who had been drinking and had blood alcohol content
of 154 milligrams per 100 millilitres, had an argument with a customer, whom he then tried to kill. The customer escaped, but another nearby was killed as the rampage began. The attack followed unrelated attacks on schools
elsewhere in China; the Chinese government
removed
some mentions of the incidents from the internet in China for fear that mass coverage of such violence can provoke copycat
attacks. The various attacks on anonymous people and an attack on police
have resulted in calls for better mental health
care, as mental health problems often go undiagnosed and untreated in China.
Mass murder
Mass murder is the act of murdering a large number of people , typically at the same time or over a relatively short period of time. According to the FBI, mass murder is defined as four or more murders occurring during a particular event with no cooling-off period between the murders...
incident in which 17 people were killed in Yuanshi County
Yuanshi County
Yuanshi County is located in the southwest of Hebei province in North China, to the south of Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital. Yuanshi County borders Gaoyi County to the south, Zhaoxian and Luancheng to the east, Jingxing County to the west and Luquan to its north.The total area of the county...
, Hebei
Hebei
' is a province of the People's Republic of China in the North China region. Its one-character abbreviation is "" , named after Ji Province, a Han Dynasty province that included what is now southern Hebei...
, China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
by a shovel loader. The rampage began when coal worker
Coal mining
The goal of coal mining is to obtain coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content, and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United States,...
Li Xianliang (李现亮), who had been drinking and had blood alcohol content
Blood alcohol content
Blood alcohol content , also called blood alcohol concentration, blood ethanol concentration, or blood alcohol level is most commonly used as a metric of alcohol intoxication for legal or medical purposes....
of 154 milligrams per 100 millilitres, had an argument with a customer, whom he then tried to kill. The customer escaped, but another nearby was killed as the rampage began. The attack followed unrelated attacks on schools
2010 Chinese school attacks
A series of uncoordinated mass stabbings, hammer attacks, and cleaver attacks in the People's Republic of China began in March 2010. The spate of attacks left at least 21 dead and some 90 injured...
elsewhere in China; the Chinese government
Government of the People's Republic of China
All power within the government of the People's Republic of China is divided among three bodies: the People's Republic of China, State Council, and the People's Liberation Army . This article is concerned with the formal structure of the state, its departments and their responsibilities...
removed
Internet censorship
Internet censorship is the control or suppression of the publishing of, or access to information on the Internet. It may be carried out by governments or by private organizations either at the behest of government or on their own initiative...
some mentions of the incidents from the internet in China for fear that mass coverage of such violence can provoke copycat
Copycat crimes
A copycat crime is a criminal act that is modelled or inspired by a previous crime that has been reported in the media or described in fiction.-Copycat effect:...
attacks. The various attacks on anonymous people and an attack on police
Yang Jia
Yang Jia Yang Jia Yang Jia (Chinese: 陽甲, born Zi He (Chinese: 子和), was a Shang Dynasty King of China.In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the eighteenth Shang king, succeeding his father's cousin Nen Geng (Chinese: 南庚). He was enthroned in the year of Renxu (Chinese:...
have resulted in calls for better mental health
Mental health
Mental health describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder. From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between life activities and...
care, as mental health problems often go undiagnosed and untreated in China.
See also
- List of countries by intentional homicide rate
- Yang JiaYang JiaYang Jia Yang Jia Yang Jia (Chinese: 陽甲, born Zi He (Chinese: 子和), was a Shang Dynasty King of China.In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the eighteenth Shang king, succeeding his father's cousin Nen Geng (Chinese: 南庚). He was enthroned in the year of Renxu (Chinese:...
- Mental health in the People's Republic of China
- Marvin HeemeyerMarvin HeemeyerMarvin John Heemeyer was a welder and an automobile muffler repair shop owner. Outraged over the outcome of a zoning dispute, he armored a Komatsu D355A bulldozer with layers of steel and concrete and used it on June 4, 2004, to demolish the town hall, a former judge's home, and other buildings in...
External links
- What makes a Mass Killer?
- Mass Murder: A Small Person's Way to Immortality
- 八一惨案冀煤工杀人后驾铲车狂碾11死30伤, The Epoch TimesThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch Times is a multi-language, international media organisation. As a newspaper, the Times has been publishing in Chinese since May 2000. It was founded in 1999 by supporters of the Falun Gong spiritual discipline....
(August 2, 2010)