The man who is accused of shooting seven of his fellow farmworkers in California has blamed his own mental illness after confessing to the crime.
Zhao Chunli says he endured years of bullying and overwork and says his complaints were never addressed. According to The Straits Times, NBC News visited the man and spoke to Zhao in Mandarin.
An NBC reporter told what Zhao had said to her in Mandarin.
“He described to me that he believes that he suffers from some sort of mental illness. He’s struggled with that for a while and he says on Monday he was not in his right mind. He admitted that he did do it. He had lots of concerns-long work hours-and he brought those up and he says those were not addressed.”
The reporter added that Zhao said he “felt that he had undergone years of bullying.”
66-year-old Zhao was arrested hours after he allegedly shot dead seven farmworkers in…
