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Tragic accident in China, 35 victims and 45 injured

Politiko 2024-11-12 19:11:16

Tragic accident in China, 35 victims and 45 injured

At least 35 people have been killed in a car attack in southern China, believed to be the country's deadliest known act of public violence in decades, the BBC reports . 

Police say a man crashed his car into a stadium in Zhuhai on Monday, crashing into groups of people exercising on the sports track.

The "severe and savage attack" also injured 45 people - including the elderly and children, local media reported.

Police say the driver was a 62-year-old man and was arrested as he tried to flee the Zhuhai Sports Center. It was reported that the suspect in his first statement said that he was divorced from his wife and that he committed the attack due to dissatisfaction with the terms of the divorce and the division of property.

The incident has sparked a national outcry in China, with President Xi Jinping vowing "severe punishment" for the perpetrator and calling for "all-out efforts" to treat the injured.

Details of those killed have not yet been released by authorities, but people had begun placing flowers and other tributes outside the stadium on Tuesday.

The attack may be the deadliest act of random public violence in China in decades.  

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