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steps of a clinic near Xidan were already covered in blood. But the strug-
gle at the intersection did not stop. Armoured vehicles ran over road-
blocks, knocked over cars and buses. The unarmed people had only
bricks… What they got in return was bullets… People dispersed and ran
for their lives. Soldiers ran after them, guns blazing. Even when residents
ran into courtyards or into the shrubbery, the soldiers would catch up
with them and kill them. 80
Thousands of eyewitnesses made similar statements, giving details
of the massacre and the ruthlessness of the Chinese army. Statements by
the relatives of those who lost their lives in the massacre add to the proof
of the savagery. One of these was a petition by the "June Fourth Victims'
Network," set up by relatives of those who had been killed, which com-

prised statements by 105 individuals, part of which read as follows:
He was shot from the back of his head, and his shoulders, ribs and arms
all had gunshot wounds. There was a bayonet wound about 7 to 8 cen-
timeters below his bellybutton. It was obvious that he didn't die immedi-
ately after being hit by several bullets, then he was stabbed to death. Both
his palms had deep cuts from bayonets. He must have tried to take away
the bayonet and was cut. When we saw his body, the upper body was
covered with blood. It was too horrible to see. [From the statement of the
family of Wu Guofeng, a 20-year-old student].

[In order to find my son] We went from hospital to hospital with many
names, perhaps 400, on each list. People crowded around, trying to find
the names of missing relatives. We looked through many lists without
finding our son's name, and also went into the hospitals to look for him
among the unidentified corpses. It was pitiful, a blur of blood and flesh,
young bodies with wild, staring eyes. [From the statement of the family of
Wu Xiangdong, killed by a bullet to the neck.]

After daybreak, the troops buried the dead on Chang'an Bouleavard
where they had died. Wang Nan and several others killed near him were
buried west of the lawn in front of the No.28 High School to the west of

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