35 KILLED, DOZENS INJURED IN SOUTH CHINA CAR RAMMING – POLICE
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Thirty-five people were killed and 43 others wounded when a car drove into pedestrians on Monday evening in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, according to local police.
The ramming was reported on Monday, though at the time police only said that people had been injured, while videos of the incident appeared to have been scrubbed from social media.
It was gathered that China’s largest airshow showcasing Beijing’s civil and military aerospace sector is being held in the same city at the moment.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, police said that a “serious and vicious attack” had occurred at Zhuhai Sports Centre, revealing the death toll to be 35.
“A serious and vicious attack occurred at the Zhuhai Sports Centre, in which the suspect rammed a car into people who were exercising, resulting in 35 deaths and 43 injuries,” the police said in a statement.
The 43 people wounded are not currently in life-threatening conditions.
Videos from Monday night geolocated by AFP showed people lying motionless on the ground, while others were seen frantically attempting to resuscitate the unconscious.
Preliminary investigations suggested that the 62-year-old driver, surnamed Fan, had been “triggered by his dissatisfaction with the division of property following his divorce,” the police said in a statement.
Fan drove “a small SUV through the gate and forced his way into the city’s sports centre, ramming people who were exercising on the internal roads of the sports centre,” the statement added.
He was “controlled on the spot by the police, who rushed to the scene as he attempted to drive away.”
It was learnt that the police found Fan in his car, cutting himself with a knife before they stopped him and sent him to the hospital.
He is currently in a coma after self-inflicted injuries to his neck and other parts of his body and unable to undergo interrogation, police added.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged “all-out efforts” to treat the people injured and has “demanded punishing the perpetrator in accordance with the law,” the official Xinhua news agency said.
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