Witnesses Reveal Details of the Tragic Bulldozer Incident at a Beijing Market

The boss has owed wages for half a year, and angry workers smashed vehicles to vent their rage. (Video screenshot)

[People News] Tragic incidents of social retaliation are not uncommon in China. On March 29, in the Dahanji Market located in Fangshan District, Beijing, a man drove a bulldozer into a crowd, resulting in severe casualties. Eyewitnesses reported that the driver was from Liaoning and had come to Beijing seeking justice for a wrongful conviction that had not been resolved, leading him to take desperate actions.

According to The Dajiyuan, Wang Yi (pseudonym), a vendor who has been selling snacks at the Dahanji Market for over a year, explained that the perpetrator had travelled from Liaoning to Beijing to file a lawsuit and seek redress, but no one paid him any attention. In his despair, he felt he could no longer endure life and decided to take revenge on society. He rented a bulldozer and deliberately chose the busiest lunchtime to crash into the market, indicating that the entire act was premeditated. The driver had placed a significant amount of petition materials on the bulldozer. Wang Yi expressed, "This case is not a minor issue; it is quite serious. Just think about how much provocation it would take to lead to such an incident. This is not something an ordinary person would do; my goodness."

Wang Yi recalled that it was precisely 11:30 AM, the peak time for customers. The bulldozer sped straight for nearly a mile, then turned around and crashed again, hitting dozens of stalls and knocking down several dozen people. "It crashed into a power pole and got stuck there, the tyres were flat, and (several vendors) pulled the driver out and beat him up."

In response to this violent incident, authorities closed all markets in the surrounding area. Another vendor remarked that given the severity of the situation, the market would certainly be closed, and it remained uncertain whether they would be able to reopen.

Currently, the authorities are tightly controlling information, with online reports claiming that 13 people have died, although this figure has not been confirmed by any official sources.

In a separate account, the mother of a seven-year-old girl shared her horrifying experience on social media: she was struck by a bulldozer, resulting in a broken leg that exposed the bone, while her daughter suffered multiple abrasions. She witnessed many deceased individuals and felt grateful to be alive.

The Dahanji Market is a historically significant and large traditional rural market located in Dahanji Village, in the Zhoukoudian area of Fangshan District, Beijing.

Taiwanese commentator Hong Boxue noted that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has placed the blame for these social revenge incidents entirely on what they term 'five lost personnel,' which refers to unemployment, loss of qualifications, loss of spirit, loss of hope, and loss of normalcy. However, the underlying issue is that under dictatorial governance, the people lack freedom, their frustrations cannot be expressed, there is no social security, and the populace is anxious. This, combined with unfairness, a lack of avenues for rational discourse, and a cold society devoid of warmth, exacerbates mutual harm among the lower classes. As a result, those who feel failed resort to social revenge as a form of psychological release. The 'Xianzhong Incident' has erupted in various places, with Chinese people killing other Chinese people to vent their anger, demonstrating that the CCP has entered a period of significant turmoil. Random killings represent an extreme manifestation of mutual harm among the lower classes. The CCP has never shown concern for the number of deaths because high-ranking officials are not at risk of being randomly killed on the streets. What the CCP truly fears is a contagion of violence that could lead to social unrest. Thus, arresting whistleblowers and silencing the populace remains the CCP's sole method for managing such social issues, creating a facade of peace. △