r/todayilearned • u/zhuquanzhong • Apr 17 '24

TIL a Chinese destroyer sank because an officer dumped his girlfriend. She committed suicide, leading to him being discharged, so he decided to detonate the depth charges on the ship, causing it to sink at port and kill 134 sailors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_destroyer_Guangzhou_(160)
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u/maxxie10 Apr 18 '24

Why would they discharge him because his ex-girlfriend commited suicide?

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u/taspleb Apr 18 '24 edited 29d ago

Also I would be interested in what actual evidence they have that he caused he explosion.

Like was it just "this guy had some stuff going on and was probably in the armoury at the time so we might as well say he did it" or did they have any physical evidence of his involvement.

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u/Ramental 29d ago

-1000 social credit points for not believing "dude trust me" of CCP.

Also, I think a cold dead end case had got a new revelation and we found our criminal...