On February 15, 2018, as the country celebrated the New Year on the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, a heart-wrenching homicide occurred in a small mountain village in Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province.
Wang Zixin, a septuagenarian surnamed Wang, and his eldest son and third son were brutally killed by Zhang Koukou, a fellow villager. The case immediately attracted widespread attention from the whole society. What is the deep hatred between Zhang Koukou and the Wang family's father and son?
What kind of punishment will Zhang Koukou eventually receive?
In Wangping Village, a small village in Shaanxi Province, every Chinese New Year's Eve, villagers who work or live outside return to the village to pay respects to their ancestors. Wang Zixin's family is no exception, he has three sons, the eldest son Wang Xiaojun and the third son Wang Zhengjun took into account the inconvenience of their father's legs and feet, and went home early to go to the grave for their father, while the second son Wang Fujun failed to return home because of something.
Unexpectedly, this decision to fail to return home allowed Wang Fujun to escape.
At noon on Chinese New Year's Eve, ** received an emergency police call**, the informant said that a man from the same village killed three villagers and burned their car.
* Immediately rush to the scene to investigate the matter. Soon after, Wang Fujun also received his nephew's **, and when he learned this sad news, he was so grief-stricken that he sat on the ground, unable to accept this cruel reality.
At noon on the day of the incident, Zhang Koukou observed the dynamics of Wang Zixin's family on the second floor of his house. Due to the close distance between the two families, only about ten meters, and there is no obstruction, Zhang Koukou can clearly see everything about the Wang family.
Zhang Koukou followed Wang Xiaojun and Wang Zhengjun to the grave, and stabbed them dozens of times with a fruit knife on the way back. After that, he went to Wang Zixin's house and violently inflicted violence on Wang Zixin, who was over seventy years old.
It all started online.
After the online assassination, Zhang returned home in a hurry, holding a barrel of gasoline and a kitchen knife. He came to Wang's car, smashed the glass at the back of the car with a kitchen knife, and then poured gasoline into the car and set it on fire.
After all this was done, Zhang Koukou quickly fled the scene. When ** arrived at Zhang Koukou's home, his father Zhang Furu was at home, and he revealed the truth about the incident to **.
The two families used to be good neighbors who lived in harmony and helped each other, but the relationship between the two families gradually became strained because of the contract for a rice processing factory. In August 1996, a fierce conflict erupted, and the two families have never been in touch again.
It is said that Zhang Furu was more honest at that time and proposed that the two families take turns to contract, but the final decision led to the breakup of the two families.
Although originally originated from the Internet, Wang Zixin successfully made a profit in the first year of the contract, so he resolutely refused to hand over the land in the second year, and privately extended the contract for several years.
This made Zhang Furu and his wife Wang Xiuping very angry, and they went to the Wang family to theorize, but the Wang family refused to admit it, claiming that there was no evidence to prove that they had won the dispute over the rotation contract.
Hearing the Wang family's statement, the Zhang family felt cold, and never mentioned the friendly relationship between the two families in the past, as if the two sides had never known each other.
On the evening of August 27, 1996, Wang Xiuping passed by the door of Wang's house and saw Wang Fujun standing at the door, so she unconsciously spat in front of him. Although he didn't spit on him, Wang Fujun felt insulted and yelled at Wang Xiuping: "You crazy woman! ”
When a sentence circulating on the Internet touched Wang Xiuping, her emotions completely exploded, and she angrily turned back and spat in Wang Fujun's face. Wang Fujun, as a young man, could not bear such humiliation, so he fought back with ugly words.
Wang Xiuping is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and she also insulted Wang Fujun, and the more the two quarreled, the more fierce they became, and finally they did it. The people of the Wang family and the Zhang family heard the noise at the door and immediately rushed out.
Seeing that his son was beaten, Wang Zixin quickly came to support with his two sons, and at this time Zhang Furu's family also rushed to the scene, and the conflict was about to break out. However, in the face of strong men, Zhang Koukou's sister had a premonition that it might be difficult to win alone, so she went home to get a flat iron and handed it to her mother Wang Xiuping.
Wang Xiuping held a flat iron in her hand and smashed Wang Zhengjun twice in the face.
Wang Zhengjun's left face and forehead were beaten by Wang Xiuping to the point of blood, Wang Zixin saw this, took out a thick and hard wooden stick from home, and smashed it into Wang Xiuping's head.
Wang Xiuping fell to the ground instantly, and the sound of fighting at the scene was calmed down at this time, and the Zhang family immediately sent Wang Xiuping to the hospital. However, because the stick hurt Wang Xiuping too much, Wang Xiuping eventually died due to ineffective rescue.
When the power of the Internet plunged the Zhang family into deep grief, they decided to take the Wang family to court, hoping that the Wang family would be liable for compensation. After a rigorous trial by the court, Wang Zhengjun was sentenced to seven years in prison for intentional injury causing death, and given that he was only 17 years old at the time, the court gave him a relatively light punishment.
The Zhang family demanded 240,000 yuan in compensation from the Wang family because of the online incident, but the court finally only sentenced the Wang family to pay 9,600 yuan, of which 8,000 yuan was Wang Xiuping's funeral expenses, and the Wang family only paid 1,500 yuan.
The Zhang family was unhappy with such a verdict, but Zhang's sister said that although the facts presented by the court did not match the case, they chose to abandon the appeal and choose to be lenient.
With the passage of time, the memories in the network gradually faded, and only the Zhang family could not forget Wang Xiuping's departure, and the pain was deeply imprinted in their hearts.
Since Wang Xiuping's death, Zhang Furu has raised her two children alone and tried her best to provide for them to go to school. Zhang Koukou knew his father's hardships, so he chose to drop out of school after graduating from junior high school to reduce the burden on his family.
After dropping out of school online, Zhang Koukou left home to work to share the financial pressure on his father. Every time he saw that his neighbor Wang's family was still living a leisurely life, Zhang Koukou's heart was full of jealousy and resentment, and he secretly made up his mind to take revenge.
Then, he joined the army, hoping to improve himself through the training of the army. However, while both his father and sister are happy with his decision, what no one knows is that he has been plotting a plan for revenge all along.
Zhang Koukou, originated from the Internet in 2001 and officially stepped into the barracks. There, he underwent intense training day after day, knowing full well that only in this way would he be able to sleep peacefully at night and get rid of insomnia.
After a few years of military service, Zhang Koukou chose to retire and returned to his hometown to live with his father and assist his father in taking care of the housework.
Zhang Koukou recently met people from the Wang family, and every time they met, they stared at them with hostile eyes. In this regard, Wang Fujun was deeply worried, and when he returned home, he proposed that the whole family move out, but Wang Zixin firmly said that this was his own home and was unwilling to leave, and Wang Zhengjun had already paid the due price for what happened back then.
Soon after graduating, Zhang Koukou left his hometown to work in other places, but due to his low education, the road to finding a job was not smooth. In order to make a living, he can only do some odd jobs, and all the money he earns, except for a part of his living expenses, is sent home to take care of his elderly father.
A year before the crime, he even went to Argentina to work, and when he returned, he remained at home with his father.
He noticed that Wang Zixin lived alone in the Wang family, and although some of his three sons were married and some were working outside, they would go home to visit Wang Zixin every holiday.
After understanding this rule, Zhang Koukou began to ponder the opportunity to do it.
On the day of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhang Koukou's father Zhang Furu and his brothers went to the mountains to worship their ancestors. When Zhang Furu left the house to worship his ancestors, Zhang Koukou was washing clothes at home.
This is their local custom, on the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, everything that can be washed in the house is washed to welcome the arrival of the new year. When Zhang Furu left home, Zhang Koukou also said to him: "Come back early for dinner." ”
After washing clothes, Zhang Koukou stood upstairs again in his house, watching the movements of the Wang family. The laughter of the Wang family filled his heart with sadness. When he saw the two sons of the Wang family going to the grave to worship their ancestors, he decided to follow them.
Waiting for them to return home when they were about to get home, Zhang Koukou seized the opportunity, aimed at Wang Zhengjun's vital point, and made a decisive move.
Zhang Koukou was holding a knife, and Wang Xiaojun was about to escape, but Zhang Koukou had served in the army, and he was athletic, and quickly took Wang Xiaojun **. Zhang Koukou stabbed Wang Xiaojun and Wang Zhengjun several times, the knife hit the vital point, the two almost suffocated, Zhang Koukou then fled to Wang's house.
The power of the network is endless, and it can extend its claws to any corner, whether the victim is the elderly Wang Zixin or the young and vigorous Zhang Koukou. Wang Zixin couldn't resist Zhang Koukou's violent attack, and could only watch as he was stabbed to the ground.
And Zhang Koukou was not satisfied after the killing, he returned home and picked up gasoline and kitchen knives, set fire to Wang Xiaojun's car, and shouted "Mom, I avenged you".
This incident once again reminds us of the seriousness and non-negligible nature of cyber violence, and we should work together to create a harmonious and safe cyber environment.
After the Zhang Koukou case was discovered, people thought that he had fled to other places, but on the morning of February 17, he took the initiative to come to the police station to turn himself in. On January 8, 2019, the Hanzhong Intermediate People's Court publicly tried the case, and Zhang Koukou did not hide his crimes.
Zhang Koukou's crimes include intentional homicide and intentional destruction of property, the motive of the crime is despicable, the circumstances are heinous, the consequences are serious, and there is a high degree of personal and social harm.
He burned the victim's car in order to vent his anger after the killing, resulting in huge property damage. Although he had a voluntary surrender circumstance, it was not enough to offset his crimes.
According to the first-instance verdict of the Internet Court, Zhang Koukou was sentenced to death for committing a serious crime and deprived of political rights for life. The court held that after the death of Zhang Koukou's mother, he suffered from post-traumatic disorder, which made him gradually lose his psychological balance in the face of work and life pressure, which eventually led to the tragedy of the Wang family's father and son.
However, in the second trial, Zhang denied that he suffered from post-traumatic disorder. He stated that he did not commit a crime because of dissatisfaction with society and work, but because he could not bear the psychological pressure and embarked on the path of crime.
He also hoped that he would have the opportunity to apologize for the negative impact on society, and at the same time expressed his deep apologies to the families of the victims, hoping that they would forgive him.
Although Zhang Koukou's behavior is painful, his awareness of his behavior and his remorse are worthy of recognition. We should learn from this case and learn how to deal with stress properly to avoid tragedy.
Zhang was convicted of intentional homicide and intentional destruction of property by the Hanzhong Intermediate People's Court, and the verdict upheld the first-instance verdict. The incident sparked widespread discussion, and some netizens expressed their understanding of Zhang Koukou, believing that his mother was killed and the family was seriously affected, causing him to lose control of his emotions, and the crime may be out of revenge.
Others, however, condemned Zhang's actions, arguing that killing and destroying property were illegal and immoral acts that should be punished by law.
Some people believe that the Wang family has been punished by law for killing Wang Xiuping, and if they are not satisfied with the verdict, they can choose to appeal rather than take personal revenge.
Zhang Koukou took the wrong path when he avenged his mother, and as a result, he not only hurt others, but also ruined his own future.
In the age of the Internet, although the web of legal sanctions is not leaky, we must understand that no one can be deprived of life for any reason. In the society under the rule of law in which we live, in the face of any unfair treatment, we must bravely take up the law to protect our rights and interests.