Thirty-five people were killed and 43 others injured after a car drove into a group of people outside a sports centre in China’s southern city of Zhuhai on Monday evening, state television CCTV reported on Tuesday. The suspect, a 62-year-old divorced male, drove a car into the crowd. The suspect was trying to commit self-harm with a knife when he was controlled by the police at the scene. The suspect was sent to a hospital for treatment, according to a statement released by Zhuhai police on Tuesday.
It was not immediately clear whether it was an attack or an accident. No motive was mentioned, and police said investigations continued.
China state media reported that President Xi Jinping urged people to help fellow citizens who received injuries in the hit-and-run case.
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