Latest News:  

English>>China Society

College violence highlighted after dorm stabbing

By Cang Wei and Song Wenwei in Nanjing (China Daily)

08:50, April 18, 2013

A student was stabbed to death by his roommate during a quarrel in Nanhang Jincheng College in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Tuesday night, the school and police confirmed.

The 22-year-old student surnamed Jiang, who forgot to bring his key, knocked on the door of the dormitory and asked his roommate, surnamed Yuan, to open the door for him, according to the Jiangning district police. But when Yuan opened the door several minutes later the two students had a fierce argument before Yuan grabbed a fruit knife from a bookcase and stabbed Jiang in the chest, police said.

"Yuan didn't open the door in the first place because he was playing an online computer game," said Wang, a 19-year-old student from the college who asked to be identified only by his last name.

Jiang was declared dead at a nearby hospital around 10:30 pm.

The only child of his family, he majored in automation as a junior in the college.

Local police detained Yuan, 24, on Wednesday morning.

According to a statement issued by Jincheng College, the two students got along with each other, and the college is cooperating with local police to further investigate the case.

Xiong Bingqi, deputy director of the 21st Century Education Research Institute in Beijing, said that in recent years more violent crimes had been taking place on Chinese campuses.

"The lack of awareness of the law and a sense of teamwork, as well as various kinds of psychological problems have all contributed to the current situation," Xiong said.

"It's a pity that school violence hasn't received enough attention in China. Instead of seeking solutions, many people just read the news, criticize related crimes and then forget about them," Xiong said.


Latest development of H7N9 in China[Special]


We Recommend:

Sparking youth: Life of post-1990s models

The job of building heavenly homeland

Photo story: A family infected by HIV

Roads swallowing lives in many cities of China

Fly into sky: A day of an airline captain

China's weekly story (2013.3.29-4.7)

Incredible inventions by Chinese

Dangerous moment at Drum Rickshaw Race

'Nail house' remains on C China construction site

Email|Print|Comments(Editor:WangXin、Gao Yinan)

Leave your comment0 comments

  1. Name

  

Selections for you


  1. French escort vessel arrives for goodwill visit

  2. Airborne troops in parachute training

  3. Chinese student hurt in Boston blasts

  4. Li and Miao people in Sanyuesan Festival

  5. Beijing's first H7N9 patient discharged

  6. China's weekly story (2013.4.8-4.12)

  7. 5th Changlong Miss Bikini Competition kicks off

  8. Ten mysteries of emperors' tombs

  9. Growth but dark clouds prevail

  10. China Mobile to challenge WeChat

Most Popular

Opinions

  1. Terrorism knows no boundaries
  2. Asia to pull through the high-risk period
  3. Austerity: Why a simple idea isn’t so simple after all
  4. US 'pivot' policy destabilizing Asia-Pacific region
  5. Quick Comment: 3 meanings of Boston blasts
  6. Great wisdom needed to push Sino-US ties
  7. China Q1 'sound' despite slower growth
  8. Key lessons to improve fiscal transparency
  9. Triple blasts rock Boston, triggering fears of terror
  10. Who makes the massive immigration fraud?

What’s happening in China

Beijing's first H7N9 patient discharged

  1. Poultry farmer's hard decade from SARS to H7N9
  2. 8 children injured in S China escalator accident
  3. Bear bile industry gets bitten by legal action
  4. Beijing cabbies fear loss of business
  5. Authorities test family infected by H7N9