2024 Zhuhai car attack | |
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Location | Zhuhai, Guangdong, China |
Coordinates | 22°16′36″N 113°31′46″E / 22.276652°N 113.529464°E |
Date | 11 November 2024 19:48 p.m. CST (UTC+08:00) |
Attack type | Vehicle-ramming attack |
Weapon | Beijing BJ40 |
Deaths | 35 |
Injured | 44 (including the perpetrator) |
Motive | Dissatisfaction 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]
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