Do not harm uninvolved people: attacks on crowds can carry severe public-safety penalties

Cost: No monetary cost. The difficult part is stopping the thought while angry.

In plain language: The source describes vehicle attacks on crowds and violent attacks in public as potentially constituting endangering public safety by dangerous means under Chinese law. It describes a three-year minimum even without serious consequences and penalties of ten years or more, life imprisonment or death where serious injury, death or major property loss occurs.

Legal provisions and case described by the source: Criminal Law article 114 provides a sentence of three to ten years for specified conduct, including other dangerous means endangering public safety, without serious consequences. Article 115 provides ten years or more, life imprisonment or death where serious injury, death or major public or private property loss results. The source recounts the official case of Fan Weiqiu, who attacked people exercising at Zhuhai's sports centre on November 11, 2024, after grievances concerning his divorce and property division. It reports 35 deaths and 43 injuries, a death sentence with lifelong deprivation of political rights, and execution on January 20, 2025 after Supreme People's Court approval. The people attacked were unrelated to his grievance. Scope: China.

Source author's evidence grade: A; not site verification or professional approval.

Notes: A wish to die does not provide a sentencing discount. The source cites the Supreme People's Court's 2025 work report describing strict punishment for particularly serious offences crossing legal and moral boundaries. Threats themselves can also be unlawful. Under the public-security law described as effective January 1, 2026, threats of arson, explosion or poisoning that disrupt public order may lead to five to ten days' detention and a fine up to 1,000 yuan; threatening letters or other threats to personal safety may lead to detention up to five days or a fine up to 1,000 yuan. The source directs readers experiencing thoughts of taking another person with them to this chapter's entry 14, which treats such thoughts as an emergency.

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