Crime | Women shot by air gun for singing ‘red songs’

Two middle-aged women sustained injuries yesterday after they were shot by an un-  known person using an airsoft gun, the Public Security Police Force (PSP) reported.

The incident took place at the Iao Hon Park yesterday morning around 9 a.m.

The two victims were aged 58 and 60 years old. One of them was injured in the left shoulder while the other’s right foot was wounded.

PSP later found two airsoft pellets near the performance stage inside Iao Hon Park.

The Times contacted PSP for further details regarding the case but was told that there will be no additional information about the case for now.

According to a report by TDM, a witness said that the two victims were singing with a number of other people.

“No more than ten minutes afterwards, the second bullet was shot [in her] foot […] with blood coming out when the bullet was removed,” said the witness, who noted that this is the second time that such weapons have been used to shoot people who sing in the park. Previously an assailant jumped onto the stagee and fired pellets to halt the singing.

“The [shooter in the first case] has already been arrested. Between ten and 20 days have passed, [and another shooter has come] again today. But we don’t have evidence today,” said the witness.

The witness alleged that the shooter had targeted the middle-aged singers because they were singing “red songs,” a term which refers mainly to politically charged songs that praise mainland China’s communist party).

“Last time, [the shooter] jumped straight onto the stage [and opened fire…the shooter] does not want to allow us to sing red songs,” the witness said. JZ