Sleep-deprived worker lashes out at snoring roommate in cleaver attack

The assailant attacks his roommate in the corridor of the dormitory they live in. Photo: Handout.

BEIJING: A man in eastern China is facing up to a decade in jail for a cleaver attack on a snoring colleague and roommate.

The victim sustained multiple severe wounds to his head and torso during the attack in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, and the assailant was charged with intentional assault, People’s Daily reported on Friday.