In 2003, a worker in Heilongjiang dug out 5 iron barrels left by the Japanese during construction and sold them to a scavenger, because of his move, 44 people were poisoned and one person died. What exactly are in these iron barrels?
On March 8, 2003, in a construction site in Qiqihar, Master Bi, an excavator operator, suddenly heard a loud "dang" noise during construction, followed by it. He dug out an iron barrel from two meters underground, because he had just taken it, and the iron barrel had been dug up, and black liquid had seeped out of it.
Master Bi didn't think much of it, thinking that this was just an oil barrel, and then dug down and dug out five intact iron barrels. He just wanted to make a fortune, so together with his friend Lao Ding, he sold the 5 barrels to a scavenger named Li Guizhen for 200 yuan.
After Li Guizhen took five barrels back to the waste collection station, he found that the lids of these barrels were actually made of copper, and immediately felt that they had really earned, so they quickly called a few good friends, and everyone sawed all 5 barrels with a saw, and the black liquid inside was poured into the pit in front of the acquisition station, and the metal was sold to Niu Haiying, the owner of the acquisition station, for 300 yuan.
Niu Haiying threw aside one of the most seriously corroded barrels, and the remaining barrels were shipped to a steel mill in Daqing to sell.
On the same day that they sold the barrel, a friend of Li Guizhen suddenly felt uncomfortable, with abnormal pain in his head and eyes, and vomiting.
When he arrived at the hospital, the hospital determined that he was poisoned.
After the police intervened in the investigation, they immediately locked the five iron barrels, and recovered these barrels overnight, but unfortunately the harm has appeared, whether it is Master Bi, Lao Ding, or Li Guizhen to find a friend to help, the owner of the acquisition station Niu Haiying, one counts one, all poisoned.
Li Guizhen because of the longest time with the substance in the iron barrel, the injury is also the most serious, when he was sent to the hospital, it is already very dangerous, during the hospital non-stop vomiting, skin ulceration, the whole body has 95% of the skin second degree chemical burns. Although the hospital tried its best to rescue him, it was still unable to save his life, and after 17 days in the intensive care unit, he left this world.
The damage caused by the iron barrel did not end there, and soon after, a citizen living near the construction site asked for a truckload of soil from the construction site in order to repair his courtyard wall, which had been polluted not long ago, and several people had all developed symptoms of poisoning.
According to statistics, a total of 44 people were poisoned at that time.
After testing by the relevant departments, it was confirmed that the iron barrel contained "mustard gas", all of which were left behind by the Japanese when they invaded China. The Chinese government attached great importance to this incident and quickly sent a note to the Japanese government.
A few days later, several Japanese government officials finally came to Qiqihar under constant pressure from the Chinese government, and in the face of the wounded who were tortured by the "mustard gas", they were ashamed to say that these barrels were missing a screw and were not left by the Japanese.
However, in the face of overwhelming evidence and detailed historical data, the Japanese finally lowered their arrogant heads and decided to pay 20 million yuan.
The 20 million yuan was distributed to each victim and his family according to the different injuries, of which Li Guizhen's widow received 1.13 million yuan in compensation.
