Deadly car rampage at Chinese sports center leaves dozens of victims
A tragic incident near sports facility in Zhuhai turned deadly when vehicle drove into crowd of exercising people. Local authorities detained suspect who acted due to personal issues
In a shocking turn-of-events a car-related tragedy happened yesterday evening at a well-known sports facility in Zhuhai China: the incident left 35 people dead and 43 with serious injuries
The local police department reported that at around 8pm a small off-road vehicle crashed into people doing their evening work-out (which is common in Chinese cities). The suspect Fan‚ a 62-year old local resident tried to run away but police caught him right there
Eyewitnesses on-site saw many victims laying on the ground while emergency teams rushed to help. The suspect had knife wounds on his neck - he hurt himself inside the car before getting caught; police thinks his recent break-up was behind this attack
Xi Jinping ordered quick action to help injured people; government sent special team to look into this case. While China has very few violent crimes thanks to strict laws this year had some public safety issues - like the knife attack near Beijing school last month and fatal stabbing of Japanese student in Shenzhen about 2 months ago
The incident happened during citys biggest air show week where new stealth planes are shown
