Guangzhou security official attacked by knife-wielding hawker
The official, identified as Su Jiaquan, was stabbed seven times and had knife wounds on her head, face, hands and forearms. The attacker, and other hawkers at the scene, fled immediately.
A Guangzhou official whose job is to oversee street hawkers was attacked by a knife-wielding vendor on a busy street on Sunday - a week after video emerged of a mother being roughly handled by an official, said a report.
The official, identified as Su Jiaquan, was stabbed seven times and had knife wounds on her head, face, hands and forearms. The attacker, and other hawkers at the scene, fled immediately.
Su was sent by her colleagues to Tianhe District People’s Hospital in critical condition. Doctors said severe facial injuries would leave scars and would affect her ability to chew. She is now in stable condition.
Chengguan, whose job is to regulate street-hawking and clamp down on those without licences, are low-level, paramilitary-like security officials. They operate separately from the police and have been frequently called "government thugs" by street vendors and others.
Witnesses told reporters that the hawker-control team had been shouting at street vendors and pressing them to leave. Some of the hawkers had refused.