Skip to main content

Advertisement

Advertisement

Customer in China beheads noodle shop owner during quarrel over payment

HONG KONG — A noodle restaurant owner in central China has been beheaded during a quarrel with a customer over the price of his meal, a local newspaper reports.

Police attend the noodle store in Wuhan where the owner was beheaded by a customer. Photo: Handout via South China Morning Post

Police attend the noodle store in Wuhan where the owner was beheaded by a customer. Photo: Handout via South China Morning Post

HONG KONG — A noodle restaurant owner in central China has been beheaded during a quarrel with a customer over the price of his meal, a local newspaper reports.

A 22-year-old man from Sichuan province was apprehended at the scene by police in Wuhan, Hubei province on Saturday (Feb 18), the Wuhan Evening News reported.

Police released a photo of the 22-year-old suspect.

The suspected used a kitchen knife to cut off the owner’s head as they brawled. Police appealed to the public via their microblogging account not to distribute pictures of the dead victim on social media.

The suspect ordered three bowls of noodles but soon got into a heated argument with the restaurant owner, accusing him of overcharging one yuan (S$0.20) per bowl. The two men then began to fight.

According to police, the customer cut off the proprietor’s head then threw it into a rubbish bin nearby.

A friend of the owner told the newspaper that the 42-year-old victim had been living with his 13-year-old son since he divorced five years ago. He was an honest man and did not cheat customers, the friend said. SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

Read more of the latest in

Advertisement

Advertisement

Stay in the know. Anytime. Anywhere.

Subscribe to get daily news updates, insights and must reads delivered straight to your inbox.

By clicking subscribe, I agree for my personal data to be used to send me TODAY newsletters, promotional offers and for research and analysis.