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China Releases Suzhou Stabbing Video, Honors Slain Rescuer as Hero

The party’s top legal affairs body used a Qingming festival post on WeChat to spotlight a model of civilian bravery.

Overview

  • The Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission posted the footage on its official WeChat account on April 2, linking it to the Qingming (Tomb-Sweeping) festival.
  • The post identifies the intervening woman as Hu Youping, 54, and says she died after grabbing the attacker from behind to protect nearby children.
  • The video shows scenes from immediately after the June 2024 stabbing in Suzhou, including a person collapsed beside a bus near the stop.
  • The original attack wounded a Japanese mother and child, and reporting describes the suspect as a Chinese man.
  • Japanese media highlighted the April 4 release reports and noted the commission oversees China’s public security and judicial affairs, signaling an official narrative.