Shock has spread across Nanjing in the past 24 hours, with the news of a student stabbed to death in our City on campus. Such a murder within a student community has citizens concerned over an increasingly-brutal sentiment in society that has now spread to universities.
过去24小时内，我市校园内一名学生被刺身亡的消息传遍南京。学生社区内发生的此类谋杀案引起了公民的关注，他们对社会上日益残酷的情绪感到担忧，这种情绪现已蔓延到大学。
The male student was stabbed in the afternoon of 5 June in a dormitory at Zijin College of Nanjing University of Science and Technology in Xianlin. Authorities confirmed the murder yesterday, 7 June.
6月5日下午，该男学生在仙林南京理工大学紫金学院宿舍内被刺伤。当局昨天（6 月 7 日）证实了这起谋杀案。
The victim is believed to have been from Chongqing, as posted online by a female claiming to be the victim’s sister. She added that her family had rushed from Chongqing to Nanjing in the aftermath of the murder.
一名自称是受害者姐姐的女性在网上发帖称，受害者据信来自重庆。她补充说，谋杀案发生后，她的家人已从重庆赶往南京。
A suspect in the killing is in custody. Little is known about their identity, but it is thought they are a fellow student and that some disagreement led to the stabbing.
一名杀人嫌疑人已被拘留。人们对他们的身份知之甚少，但据认为他们是同学，一些分歧导致了刺伤事件。
China has traditionally been a very safe place and while it continues to be so, there is no denying the increase in violet crime of late. As Epoch Times reports, at least 40 people died in homicides nationwide last month.
中国历来是一个非常安全的地方，尽管现在仍然如此，但不可否认的是，近来紫罗兰犯罪有所增加。据《大纪元》报道，上个月全国至少有 40 人死于凶杀案。
To highlight three other recent incidents, close to home and also one in a university, it can be seen that an overflowing of aggression is the common factor.
最近发生的另外三起事件，分别是在家里附近和大学里发生的，可以看出，攻击性泛滥是共同因素。
On 2 June, it was reported that an attempted murder occurred at the China University of Geosciences in Wuhan. An insider broke the news that the cause of the incident was the break up of a student couple. The jilted boy attempted to strangle his ex, before she was rescued by her classmates. Local police detained the assailant.
6月2日，据报道，位于武汉的中国地质大学发生一起谋杀未遂事件。有知情人爆料称，事件起因是一对学生情侣的分手。被抛弃的男孩试图勒死他的前任，但她被同学救了。当地警方拘留了袭击者。
And just 2 days prior, two people were stabbed to death in a textile Factory in Nantong of our very own Jiangsu Province. The suspect, surnamed Xiao (male; 36), took the lives of the victims; a 51-year old female surnamed Zhu and a 24-year old male surnamed Liu, in Chuanjiang Town.
就在两天前，江苏省南通市一家纺织厂发生了两人被刺死的事件。犯罪嫌疑人肖某（男，36岁）杀害了受害人的生命；川江镇51岁女性朱某、24岁男性刘某。
A selection of citizen’s comments posted online since this week’s student killing in Nanjing sum up the national sentiment of late in the light of such attacks:
自本周南京学生遇害事件以来，网上发布的一系列公民评论总结了最近此类袭击事件引发的全国情绪：
- “When I saw the news just now, my heart was hit hard. How could such a thing happen?”
- “[Imagine] studying hard for more than 10 years and getting through the tough college entrance examination, only to go to uni to be murdered.”
- “I’m a little scared now. I had a conflict with my roommate before because I went to bed a little late. He smashed up my bed at the sounds of me getting in. Then the conflict became more serious. … I dare not tell our counsellor, for fear he will kill me out of revenge.”
- “Society’s surly and cruel out-of-control emotions have now spread to a university.”
It should be reiterated that China is an exceptionally-safe place. While the reasons for the increased aggression are undoubtedly many and varied, it seems certain that playing a pivotal role in such incidents would be the financial pressure many continue to feel in the wake of 3 years of COVID.
需要重申的是，中国是一个非常安全的地方。虽然攻击行为增加的原因无疑是多种多样的，但可以肯定的是，在此类事件中发挥关键作用的将是许多人在新冠疫情三年后继续感受到的经济压力。
