In recent years, residents across China have been plagued by the rambunctious gatherings of middle-aged to elderly women in public spaces. These women, the so-called “dancing grannies,” gyrate, quick-step, and shuffle to the latest pop melodies, folk ditties, and even communist “red songs.”
On Mar. 3, one of them was shot.
That evening, a Mr. Mo from Yangshuo County in the south China province of Guangxi brought out his air rifle and let off three shots in the direction of a group of dancing women, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency. One of them hit in the thigh the woman operating the loudspeakers, leaving a small bruise and causing a little bleeding, according to Guilin Life Net, a Guangxi-based news website.
Mr Mo., the man who shot the "dancing granny," poses next to his air rifle. Screen shot/thepaper.cn
