The oldest, surnamed Gao. Wang, the youngest, surnamed Lin, symptoms of sinusitis. The 14-year-old Gan who slashed people with a knife. "I thought these children's electric bikes were broken and they asked me to help. I didn't expect them to suddenly pull out a knife and slash at me!" Around 3:40 AM on January 17th, on a road about 500 meters away from the Wenzhuang police station in Qiongshan District, construction worker Mr. Shen was robbed by four minors with knives, among whom the youngest was only 13 years old. After receiving the alarm, the criminal investigation team of the Qiongshan Public Security Bureau quickly deployed, and within less than five minutes, they captured these four suspects.
■ By reporter Tian Chunyu
■ Correspondent Huang Yan, photography report
Four minors held knives to rob passers-by
At around 11 AM on January 17th, I met these four suspects in the interrogation room of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Qiongshan Public Security Bureau. They all had multiple robbery experiences, among whom two had been criminally detained for robbery and sent to a legal education center for education. In response to the journalist's interview, all four claimed it was due to losing their minds after drinking alcohol. In the interrogation room, I saw Wang, who is only 14 years old, his eyes filled with fear. Upon understanding, Wang is currently still studying in the second year of junior high school at a certain school in Ling Mountain. Recently, during winter vacation, he has nothing to do, so he started associating with some idle people in society.
Wang introduced that at around 1 PM on the afternoon of the 16th, Gao, whom he had just met two months ago, called him saying that he had just received his salary, inviting him to ride an electric bike from Ling Mountain Town to Haikou for dinner. Around 8 PM, after eating dinner on Zhongjie Road in Haikou with Gao and his two elementary school classmates Lin and Gan, Gao suddenly proposed buying a knife. Subsequently, the four went to a roadside stall at Mingzhu Square and spent 30 yuan to buy a knife about 50 cm long. However, they did not disperse but followed Gao to eat late-night snacks and drink alcohol on Tiantan Road.
"Altogether we drank six bottles of beer. The four of us squeezed onto one electric bike and rode towards a restaurant dormitory near Lushuen Garden where Gao lived. But when we reached a construction site beside Binjiang Road, we saw a lone passerby, and Gao suddenly proposed robbing him." Wang said that because he had once been sent to a certain training camp by his parents for devilish training due to multiple robberies, he was very resistant at the time, but couldn't resist Gao's persuasion, so he joined Gan and Gao in robbing the passerby.
Unexpectedly, the man who stole the urn and extorted money was sentenced to prison, claiming it was for love. The victim only had 11 yuan on him, which made Gan very angry, so he snatched the knife from Gao and slashed at the passerby.
It is understood that among this gang, the oldest is only 16 years old (Gao). Another suspect, Gan, claimed that he never participated in the robbery, only sitting on the electric bike watching the other three rob, Lin is only 13 years old. Lin said that he also studies in the second year of junior high school at a certain school in Ling Mountain, indeed having gone out multiple times with Gao and Gan to rob, but he only watched from behind.
"These children need compulsory education"
According to the complainant Mr. Shen, he is from Sichuan and works as a temporary construction worker in Haikou. Due to losing his ID card, he couldn't buy a train ticket to go home for the New Year, so that night he specially went to a fellow townsman's house nearby Binjiang Road, entrusting him to bring some Hainan specialties to his parents back home. "After the discussion, it was already quite late. While playing with my phone and walking, I suddenly saw an electric bike parked ahead, with several children standing next to it calling me over. I thought their electric bike was broken and they wanted me to help, but unexpectedly, they pulled out a blade and slashed at me!" At this point, Shen looked extremely shocked.
He told the reporter that facing the robbery by these young kids, he originally thought they were just fooling around, but unexpectedly, they got serious! "Seeing that I wouldn't give up my phone, one child suddenly heavily slashed at my left arm with a knife, and there was no sign of stopping. So I quickly ran towards the nearby police station!" Shen said that more surprisingly, the crime scene was less than 500 meters away from the police station, and the audacity of these children shocked him. Since he wasn't injured and only lost 11 yuan, Shen still reported the case. "I think these children need mandatory legal education; they are too audacious!"
According to Captain Liu Yanan of the Third Squad of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Qiongshan Public Security Bureau, after receiving the emergency call, based on Shen's description of the crime location and the suspects' appearance, they initially locked down the area around the crime scene and urgently deployed. Within less than five minutes, they caught the four suspects who were driving home, still holding a knife. After Shen's identification, the four suspects confessed to the crime of armed robbery. Currently, among the gang, the three suspects who have reached 14 years old will be criminally detained for one month, while Lin, who is only 13 years old, although did not participate in the robbery, is considered an accomplice and will be sent to a legal education center for education.