Man cuts his penis off on Valentine’s Day in China’s top university

A 26-year-old man cut his penis at a fruit stand in Tsinghua University on Valentine’s Day. He then committed suicide by jumping off a hotel.

The incident started at a dental clinic of the Tsinghua University. According to Dr. Li, a stranger came in before noon with his hands holding his private part. He was asking for anesthetics, but the only anesthetic they had was for teeth.

Then the man left, with his jeans soaked in blood. Dr. Li said he then ran towards the fruit shop.

“That man used the fruit knife, just cut the thing off!” said Miss Hua, the owner of the fruit stand. As she recalled, the man came into the shop, saying he wanted to buy some fruits, but he walked back and forth, seemed like he had no intension to buy anything. Suddenly he took a knife on the table and took off his jeans.


Miss Hua was scared and ran out for help. About one minute later, she saw the man stepping out of her shop and running to the dental clinic. He also threw a bloody thing in the street. Miss Hua went back into her shop, only to find blood and the knife on the ground. “I was nearly throwing up! And I called police immediately!” she said.

Dr. Li saw the man was back again after 10 minutes. “I was totally shocked and told him that we could not fix that wound.” The man then ran to the university hospital. According to the surgery physician, he was badly wounded by cutting off his penis. They bandaged him and prepared to send him to another bigger hospital. However, the man suddenly fled while doctors were away.

Doctors were searching for him and they heard someone jumped off the nearby hotel building, and later found out it was the same person. The hotel reception staff recalled that the man came in and directly walked to the 3rd floor, then jumped off the balcony. No one had ever talked to him.

First-aider came and sent him to a nearby hospital. Police picked up his penis and sent it to the hospital as well. According to one of the witnesses, the man ate a meal at the university cafeteria and hid in a dormitory.

He came out with blood on his jeans and a knife in his hand. “He probably cut himself in the dormitory,” said the witness. Others guessed that he was trying to change his gender because of his tiny body and girlish dress. But all of them are not confirmed by the police.

The man is named Zhu. The doctors said that they failed to rescue him because his head and lungs were severely damaged and he’s losing too much blood. No evidence showed he had metal illness.
Some patients saw the police was talking to a man familiar with Zhu, who said he had just graduated and had no illness before. Tsinghua University said the deceased man was not a student from Tsinghua and this incident had nothing to do with the university.

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