Remember me? Chinese man arrested for revenge attack on ‘abusive’ former teacher
- Video shows 50-year-old man repeatedly saying ‘I’m sorry’ as younger assailant beats him around the head and face
- Teacher accused of kicking his attacker in the head multiple times when he was a second-grade student at high school
A man from central China has been arrested for an alleged revenge attack on a former teacher he accused of viciously beating him almost 20 years ago, according to local media reports.
The suspect, identified only by his surname Chang, was detained by police on Thursday, after a video of the assault in Luoyang, Henan province, appeared on social media on Sunday.
In the footage, Chang is seen stopping an older man riding a moped in the city’s Luanzhou county and asking him, “Do you remember me?”
He then begins slapping his victim, identified by his surname, Zhang, around the head and face. The attack lasts for about 20 minutes, during which time Zhang does not fight back but repeatedly says, “I’m sorry”.
On Wednesday, a person claiming to be Chang, wrote on an online forum that he was responsible both for the attack, which happened in June, and recording it, but not for uploading it to social media.
The person wrote that Zhang, now aged 50, was Chang’s English teacher in his second year of high school.
The alleged abuse happened when Zhang caught Chang sleeping during a lesson. After making him kneel at the front of the class, the teacher then kicked the boy “at least 10 times” in the head, the post said.