A spate of horrific car-rammings shakes China
They are known as “revenge on society” attacks
THE DETAILS provided by the police are horrific. Thirty-five people were killed and dozens injured when a man drove his vehicle into a crowd in the city of Zhuhai on November 11th. A suspect was arrested, though not before he tried to kill himself with a knife, causing wounds that left him in a coma. The man, 62, was reportedly angry with how assets had been divided in his divorce.
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This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “Loss and control”
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