Yongzhou courthouse shooting
| Yongzhou courthouse shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lingling District People's Court |
| Date | 1 June 2010 10.00 a.m. (China Standard Time) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, mass murder, murder–suicide |
| Weapon | Submachine gun 2 pistols |
| Deaths | 4 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 3 |
| Perpetrator | Zhu Jun |
The Yongzhou courthouse shooting (Chinese: 湖南永州法院枪击案) occurred on 1 June 2010, when 46-year-old Zhu Jun (朱军), armed with a submachine gun and two pistols,[1] entered the Lingling District People's Court (零陵区法院) in Lingling, Yongzhou, Hunan, and randomly killed three judicial workers who happened to be at work at an office on the fourth floor.[2]
Events
On 1 June 2010, just before 10:00 a.m., Zhu Jun (朱军) entered the courthouse and randomly shot at people.[3] The attack resulted in three deaths (presiding judge Zhao Hulin,[4] deputy chief judge Jiang Qidong,[4] and court clerk Huang Lan[4]) and three injured persons.[5] The victims were not discussing the case of the assailant.[6] Zhu killed himself after the incident.[7]
Zhu was apparently angry at the Chinese justice system about the results of his divorce settlement.[8] He had a son, and had separated from his wife three years previous to the incident.[5]
Zhu worked as the head of security at the Postal Savings Bank of China's Lingling District Branch,[1] and had obtained the weapons from post office security personnel by pretending that he needed to take them to be examined.[9]
References
- ^ a b "湖南永州零陵区法院发生恶性枪击事件". China Youth Daily. 2 June 2010.
- ^ "Three judges shot dead at a court in Hunan, China". BBC News. 1 June 2010.
- ^ "Man Kills 3 Judges, Himself In China Court". Associated Press. 1 June 2010.
- ^ a b c Liu, Tony (1 June 2010). "Man Shoots Himself after Killing Three Court Workers". The Economic Observer Online.
- ^ a b "湖南永州法院枪击案四死三伤 嫌犯携带三支枪". 财经网. 1 June 2010. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ^ Wong, Gillian (1 June 2010). "Man kills 3 judges, himself in China court". Associated Press/MSNBC. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010.
- ^ "湖南永州枪击事件_新闻中心_新浪网". news.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Jacobs, Andrew (1 June 2010). "Fatal Shooting at Chinese Courthouse". New York Times.
- ^ "Man guns down three judges, kills himself". Xinhua/Associated Press/China Daily. 2 June 2010.