At 2:15 AM on January 29, 2012 (the seventh day of the first lunar month), the on-duty police officers at Yanjing Police Station received a phone call from a member of the public reporting: "There are two people sleeping on the ground beside Zhongxing Street below the County Finance Bureau in Yanjing Town. They seem to have been beaten." After receiving the alarm, the on-duty police officers at Yanjing Police Station immediately responded to the scene. Upon arrival, the responding police officers discovered that the two individuals lying on the ground had multiple stab wounds, which were caused by intentional harm, and they were already unconscious. The police officers immediately called 120 to send the two individuals to the county hospital for emergency treatment. Despite the county hospital's best efforts to save them, both individuals died at around 4:00 AM due to the severity of their injuries. After investigation by the police, it was determined that the two deceased individuals were named Xu XX and Xu X, who were brothers and lived in Yanjing Town, Yanyuan County.
After the incident occurred, the County Party Committee and County Government attached great importance to the case and quickly established a special task force. Various police units, including criminal investigation and traffic police, conducted a comprehensive manhunt for the suspects. After four hours, at around 6:00 AM on the same day, the suspects Zhang X and others were apprehended at the Meitan Tunnel in Jinhe Township.
Investigation revealed that at around 1:30 AM on January 29, 2012, the suspects Zhang X, Mi X, Gao X (female), and Aniu (female) encountered the victims Xu XX and Xu X on Zhongxing Street in Yanjing Town, Yanyuan County, after becoming intoxicated. A fight ensued due to verbal altercation. Suspect Zhang X used a knife he was carrying to inflict multiple stab wounds on the chest and back of Xu XX and Xu X, resulting in their deaths due to hemorrhagic shock. After the incident, Zhang X and the other three individuals fled by hailing a taxi near the long-distance bus station in Yanjing Town heading towards Weicheng. When the vehicle reached the Yangliu Bridge in Shuanghe Township, the four individuals forcibly took the driver's car keys and continued fleeing with Mi X driving the taxi towards Xichang. Near the top of Xiaogao Mountain, the four individuals pushed the driver out of the car and continued their escape. The suspects were intercepted by the Yanyuan County Public Security Bureau checkpoint near the Meitan Tunnel in Jinhe Township and were all arrested. Currently, the suspects have been criminally detained, and the county procuratorate has already intervened in the case.
The County Party Committee and County Government emphasized that this case involves human lives and has a significant impact. All departments of the public security, procuratorate, court, and judiciary must closely cooperate, strictly enforce the law, and resolutely punish the criminals.