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Li Shikang

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Li Shikang
Born
Li Shikang

1955 (age 68–69)
Sichuan, China
Details
Victims6 killed, 17 wounded
Span of crimes
February – October 1999
CountryChina
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

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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

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Li Shikang was arrested in December after a joint operation by police in Zhuhai and Guangzhou through the detonators he used.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Sexual ignorance led to bombings in China, The Guardian (December 14, 1999)
  2. ^ a b c d Paciente zangado com médicos mata 6 e fere 17 na China, Jornal do Commercio (December 14, 1999)