Li Shikang
Li Shikang | |
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| Born | Li Shikang 1955 |
| Details | |
| Victims | 6 killed, 17 wounded |
Span of crimes | February – October 1999 |
| Country | China |
| State(s) | Sichuan, Guangzhou, Zhuhai |
Date apprehended | December 1999 |
Li Shikang (born 1955) is a Chinese serial killer who killed six people and wounded 17 others with letter bombs sent to medical staff, whom he blamed for not curing his sexually transmitted disease.[1]
Crimes[edit]
Li Shikang, frustrated by the fact that doctors had dismissed his fears for his children while failing to cure him, sent his first bomb on February 18, 1999, disguised as a fruit box, to the house of Dr. Xu, teacher of the University of Medicine of Sichuan Province.[2]
On October 6, 1999, he sent a bomb to Dr. Chen; it exploded and killed Chen and two others at a clinic in Guangzhou. Two others were wounded.[2]
In the third explosion on October 24, 1999, he sent a bomb to Dr. Wu, who told Shikang that the disease could not be transmitted by everyday contact with his children.[1][2] Two butlers were killed in the explosion, while Wu and 13 other people were wounded.[1][2]
Arrest[edit]
Li Shikang was arrested in December after a joint operation by police in Zhuhai and Guangzhou through the detonators he used.[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Sexual ignorance led to bombings in China, The Guardian (December 14, 1999)
- ^ a b c d Paciente zangado com médicos mata 6 e fere 17 na China, Jornal do Commercio (December 14, 1999)
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