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muriel_volestrangler

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Tue Nov 12, 2024, 07:20 AM Nov 2024

Dozens killed after car ploughs into crowd in China [View all]

Source: BBC

At least 35 people were killed and 43 more injured after a car ploughed into a crowd of people exercising at a stadium in Zhuhai, China on Monday, according to authorities.

A 62-year-old male driver, surnamed Fan, is alleged to have driven an SUV through a barrier and into Zhuhai Sports Centre in what local police described as a "serious and vicious attack". Chinese media reported that many elderly people, as well as teenagers and children, were among the injured.

Fan was arrested while trying to flee, police said, and is currently in a coma as a result of self-inflicted wounds.
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Police have said initial investigations suggest the ramming attack was triggered by Fan’s dissatisfaction with the outcome of a property settlement following his divorce.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy1k2rx724o



Stupid psychopaths the world over.
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