Chinese/French Newlyweds Attacked in Random Stabbing Outside Uniqlo in Sanlitun, Wife Dies

With all of the race baiting and stirring up of cultural tensions, it wouldn't surprise me at all if this guy was a reader of this forum.

skateboard wrote:

Thats the mentality here admin, And it sucks ..you suck too it seems.....I am sure that weapons of some short were around and if 2-3 guys get together taking down a skinny dude with a sword would not be to hard.

yes,like i said, if i had a weapon, i'd go after the guy as well.

without weapons or shields, charging a murderous guy with a meter-long sword is heroic but foolish.

it takes a real man to admit the truth, which is you wouldnt do it either without a weapon.

i dont feel its right for me to arrogantly declare an unarmed peasant from the countryside who works as a security guard for what amounts to rmb 12 an hour (probably doing this because he has no other job prospects) is not a real man if he doesnt throw his life away trying to subdue a samurai sword-wielding maniac.

As for spectators, i suppose that people could have attempted to stone the guy to death via a hail of expertly-thrown iphones, but come on, how else is a passer-by supposed to get the edge on a guy with a sword?

Guest wrote:

 Tell me five security guards or police couldn't take down one psycho with a knife ? And this city is going to have the Olympic Games ? 

Give me a two-meter long halberd, a gun or some pepper spray, and I'm going in. Otherwise, you go first, hero -- I'll be right behind you

americanmale wrote:

why are the bystanders doing nothing?

many of them called the police to report the crime

americanmale wrote:

what is the maniquin doing out there?

The Beijing News report indicated that the man with the knife had gone into Uniqlo and pulled the mannequin out.

americanmale wrote:

everytime I walk by that area, 5 or 6 cops are stading around, they are on vacation?

At the risk of sounding like i am defending inept cops/security guards, may i remind you that most of them have no weapons at all.

I'd be slightly hesitant to approach a man wielding a meter-long sword that has just stabbed two people if I do not have a weapon of my own.

I disagree that it is not a fair comment...

I come from a country where you can be punished (only economically) for not assisting a victim, if you had first aid training, it is your duty to help people in distress, and for some reason most people in my country still take first aid training....

My hope (in defense of humanity) is that people in this particular situation are probably afraid of helping because they do not know how... in which case it is still terrible, but somehow understandable... and so much more nessecary that EVERYONE!!! gets a proper first aid training, this time it was a horrific scenario with ONE crazy guy, it could have happened everywhere in the world, so, no blame to china, just that people in general should be prepared... next time it is a normal traffic accident where you might want to be able to save someone random or even your own family.... Just go get that first aid training, then you wont be stunned and unable to help.....

For me, i See this scene replaying in my head all the time since i saw it online (I'm informed fairly direct from our football club who are friends with the french guy) and cant help to think how horrible it is for this poor guy and his wife to just be there ALL ALONE in the middle of one of the most people dense places in the world..... I can't imagine how horrible it must have felt to sit there looking at your wife dissapear with out getting any help from anyone... Someone, take a car and drive them to hospital SCREW the blod on your seats, Im sure someone will cover it, be a hero, just once, Actually in china, as terrible as the internet can display you, just as glorious it will display people who would have helped, so if not for just helping, just do it for the glory... i dont care... just help!

Sorry for the long comment, but it tortures me to know this happened and the couple was left alone in the streets.... unfortuanetly both in My country (Denmark) and the rest of the world, this is becomming more and more the normal level of what to expect... Wake up and learn to help people, I have done it several times and it makes a big difference, be able to at least do what is possible, I have not yet needed it for anyone i know, but have needed it a few times in traffic, and i WISH everyone else would know how, so that when i am in this situation one day, I or my loved ones can get help too...

ever heard of the bystander effect?

why are the bystanders doing nothing?

what is the maniquin doing out there?

everytime I walk by that area, 5 or 6 cops are stading around, they are on vacation?

And Again....Instead of the men grabing some bottles and sticks they just stand around making sure the get a good pic of this asshole with a sword. Just like that poor kid...Chinese men need to sack up..

First of all, sympathies to the French gentleman who lost the love of his life yesterday. What a terrible, and unfortunately, preventable tragedy.

Sanlitun, probably the most famous and most frequented location in all of China where things are an absolute free-for-all from a security standpoint. Maybe only to be compared with Xintiandi in Shanghai as far as that goes.

How many times have we been told that the "drug dealers" who frequent the area have been cleared out, arrestred or deported? How does a guy brandishing a one-meter sword get to the center of the square without real, trained, armed security following and aprehending him in a place like "The VIllage" in Sanlitun?

The amount of corruption that goes on in this one area of Beijing is absolutely unreal. You've got all of the fake taxis out front, drug dealers everywhere, beggers who are clearly employed by organized sydicates all over the place, people selling stolen I-phones right in front of the Apple Store. People having sex in the change room at Uniqlo and now a murder in broad daylight. How can there not be a public outcry over what's going on at this place? Admittedly its one of the most important destinations in Beijing, with great restaurants, movie theater, great stores etc. Whoever controls this place (state-owned company, perhaps) should be liable for everything that has happened here and will continue to happen until real security, law and order are introduced here. Too had it will be too late for this young woman.

French embassy is actually near Liangmaqiao now (they moved it 5 years ago maybe), but they could have come to Sanlitun after.

Anyway, sad story, really bad luck to meet this crazy guy.

Guest wrote:

Agreed. I just don't understand the actions of most Chinese people in situations like this. They both needed medical attention but taking photos is apparently the only thing anyone could think to do? I don't understand all the medical misconceptions in China. Applying pressure and calling emergency services/getting transport would have ben the best thing to do. Where is the common sense? Someone do a campaign on basic first aid and how to react appropriately in these situations- please!

Not a fair comment. I am sure that many people called the police as soon as they saw what happened, which is probably the best that could be done. 

admin wrote:

... They were coming out of the embassy to officialize their wedding when they came accross this crazy chinese guy who told roro he did not like american people. He replied he was french. ...

Did the American embassy used to be near there? Or was that farther south near Ritan Park? This out-of-town guy probably thought he was near the American embassy, took the French guy's reply as a lie and the trigger for avenging some sort of vendetta.

Agreed. I just don't understand the actions of most Chinese people in situations like this. They both needed medical attention but taking photos is apparently the only thing anyone could think to do? I don't understand all the medical misconceptions in China. Applying pressure and calling emergency services/getting transport would have ben the best thing to do. Where is the common sense? Someone do a campaign on basic first aid and how to react appropriately in these situations- please!

The security there is inexcusably bad. The management office once told me that they can't do anything about the peddlars annoying people with the laser lights, because if they try to stop them, the sellers will beat up their security guards with flashlights.

If they can't control that, how in the heck can they control anything serious. And they get no help at all from the police?

Shocking.

That actually disgusted me. No one cared to help, feel sorry for the husband. He would've felt so helpless...

urluckystrike wrote:

Foreigner helping Chinese taking pictures...

that was not really helping, at a moment like that, the more you move her, the more she bleeds, and the faster she dies, so the chinese actually did the right thing, have some sense pls,

The woman has been confirmed dead.

The man helping her was her newlywed husband.

this is now being circulated via WeChat from an unidentified source:

"Guys, it is very bad news. Our captain roro s wife has been killed by a crazy guy using a 1 meter long knife ("sabre" in french) a few hours ago in sanlitun. They were coming out of the embassy to officialize their wedding when they came accross this crazy chinese guy who told roro he did not like american people. He replied he was french. They left and he inserted his long knife inside isabelle s back.. Trying to defend her, the knife went inside roro s belly twice.... Isabelle died right after she made it to the hospital. Romain is going through an operation now because it was bleeding inside his body..This happened exactly 2 years after the murder of an american citizen in joyce city.. I can t find the words... Huge shock"

Day filled with death and mayhem, things may seem totally out of control, but at least they caught the people who did the UniQlo sex tape.

What a weird day, currency devaluation, explosions in Tianjin, mudslides in Shanxi and now this. WTF?

Just another example of sensational, accurate, exciting reporting. Keep up the good work! Why am I not surprised.