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Nanping school massacre

Nanping school massacre is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Nanping school massacre rather than just read about it. In short: The Nanping school massacre (Chinese: 福建南平校园惨案) occurred at Nanping City Experimental Elementary School in the city of Nanping, Fujian Province, China, in which a man used a knife to kill eight children and seriously wound five others. The incident occurred on 23 March 2010, around 7:20 am local time.

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Reference excerpt

The Nanping school massacre (Chinese: 福建南平校园惨案) occurred at Nanping City Experimental Elementary School in the city of Nanping, Fujian Province, China, in which a man used a knife to kill eight children and seriously wound five others. The incident occurred on 23 March 2010, around 7:20 am local time. It was the first incident in a string of school attacks in China. The perpetrator later confessed to the crime, telling police investigators that "life was meaningless".

Incident and casualties The children were attacked outside the gates by a man as they were arriving for school at 7:20 am local time (UTC+8). (Before the attacks, it was the school's practice to keep the gates shut until school began at 7:30 am) The perpetrator was subdued on the scene by three adults. Of the eight fatalities, six died at the scene and the other two later in hospital. The deceased were four boys and four girls. The school, which at the time had around 2,000 students, closed for the day on 23 March before reopening the following day.

Perpetrator

Zheng Minsheng (30 April 1968 – 28 April 2010) who had previously worked as a community doctor, was arrested. The Associated Press reported that, according to a Nanping city government official who refused to be named, Zheng had a history of mental health issues. Zheng later told police that he thought life was meaningless, and confessed to the crime. He was charged with intentional homicide by the province's procuratorate. At the trial, police stated that Zheng had no history of mental illness, contradicting earlier reports. Zheng said that he committed the attack after being turned down by a girl and suffering "unfair treatment" from the girl's wealthy family. He was found guilty and sentenced to death on 8 April 2010. Zheng was executed by shooting twenty days later.

Victims The following were victims of the massacre, listed by names in English and Chinese and the grade they were in:

Ke Cuiting (柯翠婷), grade one Chen Chuning (陈楚柠), grade one Ouyang Yuhao (欧阳宇豪), grade one Huang Shujie (黄舒婕), grade one Peng Fei (彭飞), grade two Chen Jiahui (陈佳慧), grade three Zhou Yuxiao (周雨笑), grade four Hou Chuanjie (侯传杰), grade four

See also Mizhi County middle school stabbing List of school attacks in China

References

Illustrations

Nanping school massacre: Zheng in custody — Zheng in custody

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Nanping school massacre

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Nanping school massacre claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Nanping school massacre before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Nanping school massacre ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Nanping school massacre

In research: Nanping school massacre appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Nanping school massacre in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Nanping school massacre is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2010 murders in China, 21st-century mass murders in China, Attacks on schools in 2010, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Nanping school massacre outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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