Recorded attacks since 2016
In Sub-Saharan Africa
Angola
2016
Four Chinese expatriates were murdered in Luanda, Angola’s capital over a failed land deal with local people
According to Xinhua, the four Chinese were reported missing on January 17th after attending a meeting with a local land owner in Southern Luanda. The four disappeared without contacting their families, only for their bodies to be found in a deserted water tank on March 18th.
https://africa.cgtn.com/four-chinese-citizens-killed-in-angola-after-a-land-deal-goes-sour/
http://en.people.cn/n3/2016/0405/c90777-9039996.html
2017
A Chinese citizen has died after being seriously injured during a robbery in Angola. The incident happened on the evening of May 4.
https://clubofmozambique.com/news/chinese-citizen-dies-from-robbery-in-angola/
2020
March, 2023
THE Chinese embassy in Angola has reminded enterprises and citizens in the Southern African country to increase their awareness of safety precautions.
The warning follows the robbery and murder of a Chinese citizen in the capital, Luanda, last Friday.
https://www.cajnewsafrica.com/2023/03/07/safety-concerns-as-chinese-killed-in-angola/
July, 2023
CHINESE citizens and enterprises have not been spared the current poor economic situation and the long running impact of the civil war on Angola.
Recently, a Chinese citizen was killed by security guards in a factory he operated in. Details around the murder are unclear.
The incident has been confirmed in the volatile Cabinda, the northern exclave of Angola where there have been occasional reports of separatists harassing locals and foreign citizens.
https://www.cajnewsafrica.com/2023/07/12/murder-of-chinese-highlights-angola-multiple-crises/
2024
The Chinese embassy in Angola issued a travel alert to its nationals on Aug. 15, warning of increased crime risk toward its citizens. The alert reportedly follows a recent crime spate as three Chinese nationals have been murdered in separate incidents since the beginning of 2024.
https://crisis24.garda.com/alerts/2024/08/angola-chinese-embassy-warns-of-increased-crime-targetting-chinese-nationals-on-aug-15
https://www.verangola.net/va/en/082024/Society/41190/Chinese-embassy-in-Angola-issues-warning-after-three-Chinese-murders.htm
https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2024/02/26/three-suspects-arrested-for-murder-of-chinese-man-in-angola/
Botswana
July 2024
Authorities are urgently seeking information regarding the whereabouts of Liang Jiawei, a 39-year-old Chinese national, who has been missing since July 10, 2024.
Liang was last seen in the vicinity of Gaborone Dam. A relative reported his car was found abandoned near the dam with significant vandalism and blood stains, raising concerns about his safety.
Source: Facebook
Cameroon
2016
A Chinese businessman was shot dead in Douala late on Saturday, Cameroon Intelligence Report has gathered from security sources. Our informant maintained that heavily armed men raided the Bali neighborhood near the commercial center of Akwa and murdered him.
https://www.cameroonconcordnews.com/chinese-businessman-killed-in-douala/
2017
Local sources revealed that the conflicts which usually oppose local and Chinese miners at mining sites in East Cameroon degenerated recently.
The sources indicated that last week, there was an argument between a Chinese miner and his Cameroonian peer in Bétaré Oya, an area where intense mining activities are conducted. During the argument, the Cameroonian was killed; locals, in retaliation, burned the Chinese alive.
Aprl 2018
"There are constant conflicts between Cameroonians and the Chinese" over gold mining, said Narma Ndoyama, a farmer in Longa Mali, a small village in the middle of the mining area.
At the beginning of April, four companies were banned from mining in East Cameroon, according to Foder, a group that campaigns for protecting the environment and rural development.
One of them was the Chinese firm Lu and Lang, which is notorious in the region after one of its employees allegedly killed a Cameroonian who was looking for gold on land claimed by the company, according to Foder.
"Villagers rioted and killed the Chinese man" by stoning him, said Ndoyama.
The mining company resumed its activities at Longa Mali after a brief halt.
https://www.modernghana.com/news/849093/nuggets-of-contention-chinese-mine-gold-in-cameroon.html
Central African Republic
2018, 2020, 2023
In March 19, 2023, gunmen stormed a Chinese-operated gold mining site that had recently been launched in Central African Republic, killing nine Chinese nationals and wounding two others Sunday, authorities said.
In 2020, two Chinese nationals died when local residents led an uprising against a Chinese-operated mine in Sosso Nakombo.
And in 2018, three Chinese citizens were killed by angry community members after a local leader died in a boating accident while accompanying Chinese miners to a site.
Chad
June 2018
A Chinese businesswoman was shot dead in Chad on Thursday as she was going home in the capital N'Djamena, police told AFP.
https://thesun.my/archive/chinese-businesswoman-shot-dead-chad-police-BUARCH555773
https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/06/15/chinese-businesswoman-shot-dead-in-chad-police.html
DR Congo
November, 2021
Two Chinese nationals have been killed and an unknown number of other people have been kidnapped in an attack by the CODECO militia on a mining camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an army spokesman said Thursday.
The attack took place in Djugu, in Ituri province, where Chinese nationals have informal gold mining operations.
September 2023
Fizi (DRC) : 4 people including 2 Chinese were killed by armed men
The four victims are made up of two Chinese, a soldier from the Congolese army and a civilian. They were shot dead by armed men in the village of Ngangula in the Ngadja sector, located in the territory of Fizi, in the province of South Kivu in the east of the DRC. The attackers have not yet been identified. INFO SOS Médias Burundi
July, 2024
A militia attack on a gold mine in northeastern Congo killed six Chinese miners and two Congolese soldiers, a civil society group said Thursday, the latest assault as violence worsens in the resource-rich region.
Ethiopia
January 31, 2023
One Chinese citizen was killed in an attack on Monday in Ethiopia's Oromiya region, the Chinese embassy in the country said, and it warned other citizens in Ethiopia to exercise caution and build up safety awareness.
Gambia
March 2021
A Chinese-owned fishmeal factory in The Gambia has been torched by youths, who are becoming increasingly disaffected by a raft of problems associated with the fishmeal industry in the West African country.
https://thefishsite.com/articles/gambians-torch-chinese-fishmeal-plant
September 21, 2022A Chinese businessman was allegedly stabbed to death yesterday by armed robbers in Banjul.
According to a source: "It happened on Wellington Street, near the Banjul Ferry Terminal. They entered the shop and the Chinese man was stabbed."
Police PRO Cadet ASP Binta Njie confirmed the incident.
Source: Facebook
Ghana
from 2018 to 2019
The Chinese Embassy in Ghana has bemoaned the insecurity in the country following the murder of eight of its nationals including Mr. Yoa Yong Xiang at TT quarry on April on April 1, 2019.
2022
The police have arrested and arraigned a 37-year-old driver, Jacob Kwesi Acquah, for allegedly killing a Chinese national, Xiong Yin, in cold blood at Dansoman, Accra.
Acquah, a former employee of the deceased, is said to have gone to her house to demand the phone number of her house help.
When Xiong proceeded to her bedroom to get the phone number for Acquah, he followed her, pushed her onto the bed and strangled her with a pillow, allegedly.
Acquah was also said to have smashed the deceased's head, several times, on the floor and on a metallic sliding door.
He also used the metal part of a shower handle to strike her several times, allegedly.
https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/three-grabbed-over-murder-of-chinese-national.html
Febuary, 2024
According to Citi News sources, the armed men on Friday around 7 pm stormed the site of Jia Xin Industrial Mining Company Limited and shot the two Chinese miners, one in the leg and the other in the testicles and made away with the said cash amount and gold bars.
The two Chinese miners who were quickly rushed to the hospital were immediately attended to by health professionals at the hospital and are in stable condition.
https://www.modernghana.com/news/1291848/akyemansa-police-chase-attackers-of-chinese-miner.html
September, 2024
According to a police source, Xian was shot in the chest by some unknown assailants while riding a motorcycle at 11:00 AM at Manso Watreso.
The source said the Chinese clad in a club, t-shirt over black trousers, was found in a nearby bush on the Watreso Motor road with a deep hole in the chest suspected to have been sustained from a gunshot.
Guinea-Bissau
October, 2022
According to Helio Fernandes, the Chinese businessman was surprised by thieves at his residence around 10 PM and was hit by a fatal shot to the head.
Kenya
September, 2021
Three Chinese Nationals were on Friday, September 17, accosted by suspected thugs in their Greyland estate residence in Athi River, Machakos County.
Machakos Criminal Investigations officer (CCIO) Charles Mutua disclosed that the unfortunate incident left one dead and two others critically injured.
https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/68586-chinese-national-killed-athi-river-residence
March, 2022
Police are investigating the suspected murder of a China national found in a hotel room in Lavington, Nairobi.
According to police, the body of Zhou Yadi was found dead in the bathroom with a piece of cloth tied around his neck.
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Elsewhere in Industrial Area, four Chinese nationals were attacked and robbed of Sh800,000 and other valuables.
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2022-03-28-chinese-man-found-dead-in-nairobi-hotel-room/
Lesotho
July, 2018
A CHINESE businessman based in the Mafeteng district was recently murdered and his body buried in a shallow grave in a case that has left the community shell-shocked.
The late Cho Yang Lin (34) was killed on 15 July 2018 at his National Drug Service Organisation rented home.
https://sundayexpress.co.ls/chinese-businessman-killed-in-mafeteng-robbery/
September, 2019
A 26-year old man form Sebelekoane, Ha-Machakela was arrested at Maseru Bridge for shoplifting and murder on September 25.
It is alleged that the suspect was shoplifting in a Chinese business at Lekhalaneng on August 30.
When a 47-year old Mosotho man tried to assist the Chinese owner to stop the suspect, the suspect killed both.
https://publiceyenews.com/2019/10/02/man-nabbed-for-murder-of-chinese-businessman/
27th September, 2020
Two members of Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) were arrested this week and are facing charges of the murder of a Chinese businessman, only known as ‘Dr. Cheng’, who was killed in broad daylight at his business in Mafeteng last week.
Cheng had been operating a surgical business for a number of years in Mafeteng district, situated 77km south of the capital, Maseru. During his time in operation, Dr Cheng was known for running the “most successful” illegal abortions in Mafeteng Town.
Four people entered Cheng’s surgery on 15 September, holding him hostage until they shot him to death and fled the crime scene.
MadagascarMarch, 2017
The Chinese Embassy in Madagascar confirmed on Sunday that a Chinese couple was murdered in Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar, Xinhua has reported.The couple, Wang Zhengbing and Xia Yifeng, both in their 40s, from Haian, east China's Jiangsu Province, was reportedly to be found dead in Madagascar Golden Peacock Hotel in Antananarivo on March 15.The Chinese Embassy in Madagascar has made solemn representations to Madagascar authority. An investigation is underway.This has been the second case of Chinese residents being murdered in Antananarivo recently. The other took place in late February.
MalawiAugust, 2020The Chinese national, Ji Zhifan, 54, was brutally murdered on June 29, this year, around 2pm at a warehouse where he was staying alone.Unknown criminals have beheaded two Chinese business people and one African at a shop in Karonga during the wee hours of Tuesday.May 2023Four armed robbers attacked and killed a Chinese national at Njewa in Lilongwe as security continues to detoriate in the country.Malawi Police Service has arrested at least seven suspects suspected to be behind a series of robberies and murder incidences in Lilongwe.National Police Spokesperson Peter Kalaya has confirmed the arrest and the said that the seven including a woman, are suspected to be those who are involved in the killing of a Chinese national at Njewa where they went away with K30 million as well as those behind the theft of K35 million from a Chinese national resident in Area 3.
MozambiqueAug 2021The Chinese embassy has called on Mozambican authorities for greater protection for its community, after a robbery led to the death of a Chinese man in central Mozambique, the embassy said in a statement.According to the embassy, the victim died after being the target of a robbery with violence during the night last week in Beira, the capital of Sofala province.
NigeriaIn the past decade, close to 50 Chinese nationals in Nigeria have either been killed or kidnapped
South AfricaMarch, 2016One Chinese national has been confirmed dead after being robbed by a gang in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal Province.August, 2018An armed robber attacked eight Chinese overseas students in Johannesburg, killing one of them, Xinhua reported on Wednesday citing the Chinese Consulate-General in the city.
https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d774e77596a4e79457a6333566d54/share_p.html
August, 2020
Seven Chinese have been killed in the country over the past 50 days, according to a statement by the Chinese embassy on Monday that notes Chinese have been targeted for murder, robberies and kidnapping.
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202008/26/WS5f45c2cba310675eafc558fb.html
A 48-year-old Chinese national has been killed and his body found in Khayelitsha on the Cape Flats after he was kidnapped a week ago.
South Sudan
October, 2018
Fourteen Chinese oil workers of a local oil company operating in South Sudan were killed on Thursday due to violent clashes between armed groups from Dinka and Nuer tribes, north of South Sudan.
https://en.tempo.co/read/539251/14-chinese-workers-killed-in-south-sudan
May, 2021
At least two people, including a Chinese national have reportedly been shot dead in South Sudan
https://panafricanvisions.com/2021/05/chinese-national-killed-in-south-sudan/
Tanzania
June, 2022
A Chinese national, Fu Nannan (26) was killed in a gun attack on Saturday in Tanzania’s business capital of Dar es Salaam, the police confirmed.
Uganda
February, 2017
Two Chinese women were found dead in Makerere Kikoni, a neighborhood in the Ugandan capital of Kampala on Wednesday morning. The decomposing bodies of the two women were discovered in a rented house there, with each bearing a stab wound, according to local reports. The police said they are treating the cases as murder, reports say.
http://www.china.org.cn/world/2017-02/16/content_40300059.htm
September, 2017
Yei Su, 50, was shot dead in Mukono town. Su was a cashier in one of the Chinese owned Nile Steel and Plastics Ltd. A joint security team launched a hunt for the suspects who were captured on Closed Circuit Television CCTV cameras.
Police later identified the suspect as Joseph Narunda, Robert Kataala, Francis Ogwal and Julius Katongole, an employee of the company. The quartet gained access to the factory pretending to be customers, put the deceased at gunpoint before demanding for money.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6JJ75lyI78
December, 2019
Chinese national killed in Mbuya
According to Zhang's statement, recorded at Jinja road police station, Fan was killed by three men and a woman who raided their home in Mbuya II zone at around 2 am.
The thugs allegedly broke into the house, tied Fan with ropes, beat him while demanding that he reveals where he had put some items. Zhang, who in his statement said had visited Fan and allocated a room where to sleep was the only witness of the incident.
https://chimpreports.com/mukono-chinese-national-killed-in-armed-robbery/
https://observer.ug/news/headlines/63000-chinese-national-killed-in-mbuya
June, 2024
The Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) is investigating the mysterious death of a Chinese national at a hotel guarded by Uganda People’s Defence Force -UPDF soldiers in Nakawa Division in Kampala City.
Ji- Feng was reportedly discovered groaning in pain and crying for help at the weekend at Golden Hotel ground floor, yet he had been booked into a room to rest on the third level by his friends.
“It is difficult to tell whether he was pushed, whether it was an accident or whether he committed suicide,” said a source. “We have noticed through CCTVs that he entered the hotel in accompany of his colleagues who left and took different ways.”
https://www.independent.co.ug/cid-probes-death-of-chinese-man-at-hotel-guarded-by-updf/
Zambia
November, 2017
Armed criminals in Ndola have shot dead a Chinese national of Amaya Investment Limited in the Light Industrial Area of Masala.
Confirming the shooting which happened on Monday around 08:30 hours, Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga said the criminals stole undisclosed sums of money.
https://sandbox.diggers.news/local/2017/11/21/ndola-criminals-shoot-dead-chinese-businessman/
May, 2020
At midday on Sunday, May 24, three Zambian attackers with iron bars entered the grounds of a Chinese-owned textile warehouse in Lusaka. Police said they were pretending to be potential customers, CNN reported.
Over the next 17 minutes, the CCTV footage shows, they beat two men and one woman to death in the courtyard, before dragging their bodies into the adjoining warehouse, reported the American news channel.
That's where the footage ends. According to police, the attackers then dismembered their bodies and used flammable materials from the Blue Star clothing business to set their bodies and the building ablaze, burning them so severely that it took Zambian authorities three days to retrieve their charred remains from the rubble, CNN reported.
Zimbabwe
2020
The remains of a Chinese couple who went missing in February 2020 after they had briefly visited a friend in Highlands, Harare have been taken for post mortem at a local hospital.
Following their disappearance, their car was found abandoned nearby and intact the following day.
The remains were discovered yesterday concealed in plastic drums at Eastview Dam in Harare.
Lei Ding (35) and his wife Chi Lifen (30), disappeared on Valentine’s Day in 2020 after visiting a friend in Highlands.
https://www.herald.co.zw/remains-of-missing-chinese-couple-taken-for-post-mortem/
October 2021
VILLAGERS from around SAS Mine in Mazowe where two gas explosions claimed eight lives have expressed joy following the death of six Chinese nationals who were managers at the site.
SAS Mine is a nickel operation.
The villagers described the late Chinese managers as stubborn and very disrespectful who ill-treated locals.
Two local workers at the mine also died in two separate incidents after oxygen cylinders exploded at the mine Tuesday. Another cylinder exploded Thursday and killed the five Chinese managers and another Zimbabwean. One of the victims was burnt beyond recognition.
https://www.newzimbabwe.com/shock-as-villagers-celebrate-death-of-6-chinese-at-mazowe-mine/
September 2022
A 60-year-old Chinese man who was working at a mine in Inyathi under Bubi District, Matabeleland North province, was killed by a group of men believed to be illegal gold panners.
Jianhua Liu reportedly had a heated argument with the illegal gold panners at his workplace at around 9 PM on Sunday last week.
The men reportedly attacked him with an iron bar leaving him with a swollen head and bruises on the neck, chest and hands.
The illegal gold panners allegedly robbed Jianhua of an undisclosed amount of cash.
His condition deteriorated and he was ferried to Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo for medical attention and was admitted to intensive care.
Jianhua’s chest was swollen and he was operated on but passed away the following day.
https://www.pindula.co.zw/2022/09/10/chinese-man-attacked-killed-in-zimbabwe/