2023-07-24 11:04:55
An 8-year-old girl was shot with a slingshot by 2 teenagers, causing her left eye to burst.
The beautiful summer vacation has just begun, but An An (pseudonym), an 8-year-old girl from Shuyang County, Jiangsu Province, has experienced unprecedented pain and is facing the darkest moment in her life. On July 1, An An was hit by a steel ball that flew suddenly, causing the eyeball of his left eye to rupture and lose his sight. The perpetrators were two 13-year-old boys passing by on an electric car. Since the perpetrator has not reached the age of criminal responsibility, the police decided not to file a case, which made it difficult for the family members to accept.
“Jimu News” reported that on the day of the incident, An’an’s aunt took 5 children to the canteen. Among them, the 2 youngest children took the electric car, and the remaining 3 trotted behind. After all, the three children have limited physical strength, so they squatted on the ground to rest when they were tired from running halfway, while the aunt parked the car not far away and waited. At this moment, two boys rode an electric car to meet them, raised a slingshot and injured An An’s left eye, and then drove away in a hurry.
The medical records provided by the family members showed that An An’s left eyeball was ruptured, his left eye was in the state of vitrectomy and filling with silicone oil, and his left eye was blind. It was also suggested that his current left eye was filled with silicone oil in the vitreous body, emulsified with silicone oil, corneal degeneration, secondary glaucoma, eyeball atrophy, and may need another operation. An An’s mother said that the doctor took out a steel ball with a diameter of regarding 8 mm from her daughter’s eye. “If the steel ball goes deeper, it may be life-threatening.”
The girl’s relatives said that following many inquiries, they finally found one of the two boys. At first, the other party refused to admit it. It was not until the parents called the police that the boy confessed to the police station. “The police have not clearly informed us of the exact ages of the two boys. We only know that the two boys have just graduated from elementary school this year. They should be regarding 13 years old. At that time, they beat An An with a slingshot in order to scare her.”
An An’s mother pointed out that following the incident, the parents of the two boys never showed up. On July 21, the Public Security Bureau of Shuyang County issued a notice to the family members. The content mentioned that the bureau found following review that the perpetrator had not reached the age of criminal responsibility and decided not to file a case in accordance with the provisions of Article 112 of the “Criminal Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China”
In this regard, An An’s family members expressed that they might not accept it. They requested a new appraisal and considered finding a lawyer to file a lawsuit once morest the perpetrator. On July 23, a reporter from “Jimu News” tried to understand the details of the incident, and contacted the government of Tanggou Township, Shuyang County, and the Tanggou Police Station.
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