Zhuhai, China car ramming: 35 people killed as driver hits crowd at sports center
Thirty-five people were killed and another 43 were injured when a driver deliberately rammed his car into a crowd outside a sports center in Zhuhai, southern China, police said Tuesday.
HONG KONG — Thirty-five people were killed and another 43 were injured when a driver deliberately rammed his car into a crowd outside a sports center in southern China, police said Tuesday.
A 62-year-old man was detained at the scene after he drove his small off-road vehicle into people exercising at Zhuhai Sports Center late Monday, the Zhuhai Public Security Bureau said in a statement, calling the incident “serious and vicious.”
Police identified the man by his last name, Fan. He was in a coma after harming himself with a knife in his car, police said, adding that he was still being treated and couldn’t be questioned.
Police said that Fan was dissatisfied with the division of property after his divorce, according to an initial investigation.
Fan is now under criminal detention. The 43 people injured in the incident are now in non life-threatening situation, police said.
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