BREAKING: CHINA EXECUTES MAN WHO KILLED 35 IN CAR RAMPAGE

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China executed a man on Monday who was responsible for the bloodiest mass attack in the nation’s history, a car rampage in November 2024 that killed 35 people in the southern city of Zhuhai.

In China’s biggest such crime since 2014, Fan Weiqiu, 62, intentionally drove a tiny SUV through groups of people working out outside a sports complex on November 11, injuring 45 people.

Last month, a court condemned him to death, stating that his motivations “were extremely vile, (and) the nature of the crime extremely egregious.”

State broadcaster CCTV said Monday a Zhuhai court “executed Fan Weiqiu in accordance with the execution order issued by the Supreme People’s Court.”

The municipal public prosecutor “sent personnel to supervise (the execution) in accordance with the law,” CCTV reported.

In China, the people were deeply shocked by Fan’s attack and began reflecting on the country’s social situation. According to authorities at the time, he was taken into custody at the scene after suffering self-inflicted knife wounds and going into a coma.

According to state media, Fan entered a guilty plea during his trial last month in front of some of the victims’ relatives, government representatives, and members of the public.

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In light of “a broken marriage, personal frustrations, and dissatisfaction with the division of property after divorce,” the court determined that he “decided to vent his anger.”

His tactics were deemed to be “particularly cruel, and the consequences particularly severe, posing significant harm to society,” according to its conclusion.

Xu Jiajin, a 21-year-old former student who attacked a vocational school in the city of Wuxi, was executed “in accordance with the law”, CCTV reported.

He too had been sentenced to death in December, with the court concluding that his crime was “extraordinarily serious”, CCTV said.

Xu was permitted to “meet with his close relatives” before his execution, the broadcaster added.

China classifies death penalty statistics as a state secret, but rights groups including Amnesty believe the country executes thousands every year.

AFP