One night, I heard that 26 August had gathered hundreds of supporters and attacked a factory which was a stronghold of Red Chengdu. They captured the workers and tortured them, using methods including “singing fountains” (splitting their skulls open so the blood burst out) and “landscape paintings” (slashing their faces into patterns). Red Chengdu’s broadcasts said several workers had become martyrs by jumping from the top of the building. I gathered they had killed themselves because they were unable to stand the torture.
