Man sentenced to death for deadly car attack in southern China

cnn.com December 28, 2024, 03:01 PM UTC

A man in southern China has been sentenced to death for killing 35 people by driving his car into a crowd at a sports center. The incident occurred on November 11 in Zhuhai and is the deadliest act of public violence in a decade. Fan Weiqiu, 62, pleaded guilty to the crime, which he committed in anger over his divorce. The court described his actions as brutal and cruel. This attack marks the highest death toll from such violence since 2014. The sentencing follows a recent trend of violent incidents in China, raising concerns among the public. Just days earlier, another man received a suspended death sentence for injuring 30 people in a similar attack outside a school.


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