A man used a blunt
razor to chop off the testicles
of three patients at a Chinese
nursing home, state media said
on Thursday.
The suspect, who has been
arrested, castrated a mentally
disabled man aged 60 and
removed one testicle each from
two bedridden patients aged
53 and 80, the official Xinhua
news agency said.
The man "tied up the three
inpatients and removed their
private parts with a dull razor",
Xinhua cited doctors and
victims in northeast China's
Heilongjiang province as
saying.
Xinhua cited a member of staff
as saying that the suspect, in
his 30s, was mentally ill and
housed at the home, but
patients claimed he was an
employee.
Authorities in the area could
not be reached for comment
about the attack, which
happened on Tuesday.
Conditions in many Chinese
homes for the elderly and
disabled are poor, with many
establishments troubled by
insufficient beds, funding and
poor management.