2024 Zhuhai car attack

2024 Zhuhai car attack
Mourners at the west gate of Zhuhai Sports Center the day after the attack
Map
Location of Zhuhai Sports Center in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
LocationZhuhai, Guangdong, China
Coordinates22°16′36″N 113°31′46″E / 22.276652°N 113.529464°E / 22.276652; 113.529464
Date11 November 2024
19:48 p.m. CST (UTC+08:00)
Attack type
Vehicle-ramming attack
WeaponBeijing BJ40
Deaths35
Injured44 (including the perpetrator)
MotiveDissatisfaction with the division of marital property from his divorce[1]

On 11 November 2024, a vehicle drove along the exercise track at the Zhuhai Stadium sports center in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, resulting in 35 deaths and 43 injuries.[2] Afterward, the suspect was taken into custody and sent to a hospital after harming himself with a knife.[2] The man is believed to have been motivated by anger over a recent divorce settlement.[3]

Videos and coverage of the attack were censored online and details about it were not released until the day after the attack.[4][1] This caused tension on Chinese social media platforms, with people angered by the delay in publication of details.[3]

It was the deadliest loss of life in a single attack in China since the May 2014 Ürümqi attack.[5][3][6]

  1. ^ a b Huizhong, Wu; Ng, Han Guan (11 November 2024). "Driver rams his car into crowd in China, killing 35. Police say he was upset about his divorce". Associated Press. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c Kirton, David; Chan, Nicoco (12 November 2024). "Zhuhai car attack: China clears memorial as government scrambles to respond". Reuters. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  4. ^ Kirton, David (12 November 2024). "Zhuhai car attack kills 35 as driver rams into crowd in southern China". Reuters. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  5. ^ Wong, Foster; Xiao, Josh (12 November 2024). "Driver Kills 35 in China's Deadliest Attack in at Least a Decade". MSN. Bloomberg News. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  6. ^ Gan, Nectar; Deng, Shawn; Danaher, Caitlin (13 November 2024). "35 killed after driver plows car into crowds at sports center in China's deadliest known attack in a decade". CNN. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.