US EditionZhuhai Car Attack Driver Sentenced to Death for Killing 35
- A man was sentenced to death for killing 35 people in a car attack in Zhuhai, China, last month, according to state media.
- The court described the defendant's motives as extremely vile and the crime as egregious, with significant harm to society.
- Fan was also deprived of his political rights for life for endangering public safety by dangerous means, as reported by CCTV.
- After the attack, Xi Jinping ordered local governments to prevent future extreme cases.
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China Condemns Driver to Death Penalty for Fatal Mass Abuse · Global Voices
A court in China sentenced to death Fan Weiqiu, a 62-year-old man, for a massive hit that last November left at least 35 dead and 43 injured in the city of Zhuhai, southern Canton Province. The ruling, issued on Friday by the Zhuhai Intermediate People’s Court, found Fan guilty of “using dangerous methods to undermine public safety,” reported the state television channel CCTV on Saturday. The event occurred on November 11, when the subject delib…
A man who rammed his car into a crowd in China is condemned to death
By Chris Lau and Joyce Jiang, CNN A man who killed 35 people by attacking his vehicle against a crowd at a sports center in southern China was sentenced to death, state media reported this Friday. 62-year-old Fan Weiqiu attacked his vehicle against people who were exercising in the outdoors in the city of Zhuhai last month, in the most deadly act of violence known against the public in the country in a decade.
Chinese Man Gets Death Sentence for Ramming Car Into Crowd, Killing 35
A Chinese man who killed at least 35 people last month by driving his car into a crowd was sentenced to death on Dec. 27, amid growing concerns over a recent wave of deadly attacks across the country. The driver, identified as Fan Weiqiu, acted out of anger stemming from “a broken marriage, personal frustrations, and dissatisfaction with the way financial assets were divided during his divorce,” according to a statement from the intermediate cou…
Man killed 35 people because he was 'unhappy with divorce settlement'
The site is now a mass memorial to those who died (Picture: PA) A man has been sentenced to death after killing 35 people by driving a car into a crowd. Fan Weiqiu went on the murderous spree because he was unhappy with his divorce settlement, a court in the southern city of Zhuhai, China, heard on Friday. The victims were exercising at a sports centre when he attacked them last month. After ploughing through the crowd, he attempted to ‘stab hi…
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