Nearly three dozen people were killed in a car attack on a crowd in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai on Monday, police said, releasing the death toll a full day after the incident.
In an attack authorities described as a “major malicious case”, Zhuhai police said on Tuesday night that 35 people were killed when a 62-year-old man surnamed Fan drove an SUV into a crowd outside a stadium at 7.48pm.
The victims had been exercising at the time and the car was in an area off limits to vehicles, police said.
Another 43 people were wounded in the incident that took place on the eve of an international air show in the city, although none were in a life-threatening condition.
The police did not name the victims.
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Tributes paid to victims of deadly car attack in southern China
Tributes paid to victims of deadly car attack in southern China
More than 300 medical workers at five Zhuhai hospitals were treating the wounded, and the National Health Commission said it sent a team of 11 specialists to the city to help on Tuesday.
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