The tea house owner Liu said he heard that Shi accuse her victim of seducing her husband. Shi is then sprayed her victim with chilli powered. She rushed to a restaurant across the street and picked up a bucket of gasoline. Shi poured the gas on her victim.
According to local media reports, Shi had worked in a hotel but quit and her ex-husband is a bus driver. The couple have a daughter who will enter college this year. After the attack, Shi drank poison. She was taken in hospital and she is in serious condition.