CHINESE COURT SENTENCES DRIVER WHO KILLED 35 IN CAR RAMMING TO DEATH

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A man who killed 35 people in a car attack in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai last month was sentenced to death on Friday, state media reported.

On November 11, 62-year-old Fan Weiqiu deliberately drove through people exercising outside a sports complex in his small SUV, the worst attack in China since 2014.

He was detained at the scene with self-inflicted knife injuries and fell into a coma, police said at the time.

His case was publicly tried on Friday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, with the verdict reached on the same day.

The court said the defendantโ€™s motives โ€œwere extremely vile, the nature of the crime extremely egregious, the methods particularly cruel, and the consequences particularly severe, posing significant harm to societyโ€, state media said.

In front of some of the victimsโ€™ families, officials and members of the public, Fan pleaded guilty, it added.

The court found Fan had โ€œdecided to vent his angerโ€ over โ€œa broken marriage, personal frustrations, and dissatisfaction with the division of property after divorceโ€, the report said.

China has this year seen a string of mass casualty incidents โ€” from stabbings to car attacks โ€” challenging its reputation for good public security.

Some analysts have linked the incidents to growing anger and desperation at the countryโ€™s slowing economy and a sense that society is becoming more stratified.

AFP

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