35 KILLED, 43 INJURED as manrams car into crowd in China

 

BEIJING/ZHUHAI

 

THIRTY-FIVE peoplewerekilled and43others injuredwhena 62- year-old man rammed his car into a crowd of people exercising at a sports centre on Monday in the Chinese city of Zhuhai, which is currently hosting the country’s prestigious international air show. Terming it a “major vicious incident”, local police said the incident occurred around 7:48 pm on Monday when citizens wereexercisingatthesportscentre wherealargenumberofpeople gathered for physical workouts, the official media reported Tuesday.

 

An eyewitness, Chen, told Chinese news magazine Caixin that at least six groups hadbeenatthestadiumfortheir regular walks on Monday when the incident happened. He said his grouphadjustcompleted its third lap around the stadium when a speeding car suddenlychargedtowardsthem, “knocking down many people”. Police said the attacker, a divorced man identified as Fan, was quickly brought under control by the security personnel as he was fleeing the scene.