A 77-year-old Chinese woman who survived the 1937 Nanjing Massacre testified in court Feb. 12 that Japanese soldiers stabbed her 37 times when she resisted their attempt to rape her.
Li Xiuying, from Nanjing, is one of 10 people seeking a total of about 100 million yen in damages in a lawsuit filed with the Tokyo District Court in August 1995. She is the only plaintiff suing the government over injuries inflicted during the Japanese killing spree 60 years ago.
Li claimed in court that on the morning of Dec. 19, 1937, Japanese soldiers came to an underground shelter where about 70 locals were hiding. The soldiers abducted young women from the shelter, apparently intent on raping them.
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