Disturbing Details From Fatal Virginia Tech Stabbing

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As we mentioned yesterday, a female student was killed at a cafe on the Virginia Tech campus on Wednesday night.

Chinese grad student Haiyan Zhu was, thankfully detained by police before he could harm anyone else. He's been charged with first-degree murder and is being held without bail.

Now, more of the tragic details from the fatal stabbing have been released.

It turns out Zhu decapitated the student, a Chinese woman from Vermont getting her graduate degree at Virginia Tech.

The student was 22 year old Xin Yang from Beijing.

University officials stated that the students emergency contact records suggest that Yang and Zhu, who's from Ningbo, China, knew each other.

Yang had arrived at Virginia Tech recently in early January to begin her studies in accounting. As for Zhu, he was a PhD graduate student in agriculture and applied economics.

Virginia Tech spokesman Mark Owczarski confirmed Yang had been decapitated and added, “There were seven witnesses in the cafe. There had been no argument, no shouting. This is horrible and tragic. Especially when we know that Virginia Tech has got its share of hardship and horror.”

He's referring to the Virginia Tech Massacre back in 2007 when Cho Seung-Hui, a 23 year VT student from South Korea, shot 32 of his classmates and teachers before killing himself.

Virginia Governor Tim Kaine said “The tragic attack on campus this week has no doubt revived terrible memories for countless members of the Hokie family."

Even without guns, as we've seen, violence can still rear its ugly head.

    Posted: Jan 23, 2009 at 12:00 pm / Email this  »

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    1. 101

      Re: kathie!
      If there was… Everyone who eats Sushi are infected!!!!



    2. 102

      The crime was horrendous whether it was committed by an Asian or not…
      Stop focusing on the race!!!



    3. 103

      Re: Kate27 – i feel so bad for people like you, it must really suck to go through life being that ignorant. i can only hope that you open up your mind a little bit and actually think before you speak.



    4. 104

      Re: Tokki85 – wait… so everyone who eats sushi is infected?
      are you fucking stupid?! haha dumb question, of course you are. Not only asians eat sushi, you dumb fuck!



    5. 105

      "Even without guns, as we've seen, violence can still rear its ugly head."

      BAD TASTE!!!!!!!!!!!!



    6. 106

      Re: Juicy84x – hey woman, we live in the 21st century, its disappointing to hear that there are flks lk you who must evidently come from suburbia to make racist ignorant statements like that. this is not a racial issue!



    7. 107

      What is it with Virginia Tech and Asian students?

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