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35 killed after driver crashes into crowd at sports center in southern China city – News-Herald
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35 killed after driver crashes into crowd at sports center in southern China city – News-Herald

By HUIZHONG WU

BANGKOK – A driver killed 35 people and seriously injured 43 others when he deliberately crashed his car into people exercising at a sports center in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, police said Tuesday.

Police detained a 62-year-old man at the sports center in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai following the crash late Monday on the eve of the country’s premier aviation exhibition of the People’s Liberation Army held annually in the city.

Police identified the man only by his surname Fan, in accordance with Chinese authorities’ practice.

According to the statement, it was determined that the fan was in the car with a knife and had wounds on his neck, which was thought to have been self-harming. He is unconscious and receiving medical care.

According to preliminary investigation, she was unhappy with the division of financial assets in her divorce, police said.

It was not clear what the number of dead or injured was almost 24 hours after the crime was committed. More than 20 people were injured in one of four hospitals accepting people for treatment, state media reported on Monday. AP reporters’ calls to hospitals in the city were not answered or were directed to other hospitals.

On Tuesday morning, searches on Chinese social media about the incident were heavily censored on Chinese social media platforms. A search on Weibo for the sports center revealed only a few posts; only a few posts addressed the fact that something was happening without pictures or details. Chinese media articles about the incident were removed on Monday night.

However, outside of China’s Great Firewall, videos could travel on X. These were shared on X by news blogger and dissident Li Ying, better known as Teacher Li. His account publishes daily news based on user posts. In the videos, dozens of people were lying face down on the running track in the sports center. In one, a woman says, “My foot is broken.” The same video showed a firefighter performing CPR on a person while people were told to leave the scene.

Chinese internet censors take extra care to purge social media before and during major events such as the National People’s Congress meeting, where the government announces major policy initiatives for the next year.

The sports center of Xiangzhou city district regularly attracts hundreds of residents; Here they can run on the athletic field, play football and social dance. Following the incident, the center announced that it would be closed until further notice.

China has seen a number of attacks in which suspects targeted random people such as school children.

In October, a 50-year-old man was detained for allegedly using a knife. attacking children At a school in Beijing. Five people were injured. 3 people died in the attack in September Stabbing attack in a supermarket in Shanghai.

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Associated Press reporters Elsie Chen and Didi Tang contributed from Washington, and researcher Yu Bing contributed from Beijing.

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