A memorial on the square where a man rushed into people exercising, in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China, November 12, 2024. NG HAN GUAN / AP China executed, Monday January 20, the author of a car ramming attack which killed 35 people in Zhuhai, a city in the south of the country, in the Chinese province of Guangdong, in November, according to state television CCTV. A court in Zhuhai “executed Fan Weiqiu in accordance with the execution order issued by the Supreme People’s Court”, CCTV reported. On November 11, the man deliberately drove his SUV into people exercising outside a sports complex in Zhuhai, killing 35 people and injuring 43 others, according to state media. This is the worst attack in China in ten years. At the end of December, the court sentenced the 62-year-old man to the death penalty for an act carried out “in a particularly cruel manner” and for “extremely abject” reasons, in the words of the court then reported by official media. Fan Weiqiu reportedly “decided to express his anger” due to “a broken marriage, personal frustrations, and his dissatisfaction with the division of property after the divorce,” according to the same source. Increase in deadly incidents China has experienced several deadly incidents this year committed by isolated individuals, which some experts link to frustration caused by the slowdown in the Chinese economy. In each case, the authorities quickly censored online publications and dismantled the tribute signs left near the scene of the tragedy. At the end of December, a man who had charged into a crowd in front of a school was given a suspended death sentence. The court also found that the convict had acted to “evacuate personal emotions”, particularly after “financial losses following investments” and “family conflicts”. China keeps its official figures regarding the death penalty under the seal of state secrecy. But human rights groups, including Amnesty International, estimate that thousands of people are executed each year in the country. Read also | Article reserved for our subscribers In China, mass killings are damaging its image as a “safe” country Read later Le Monde with AFP Reuse this content
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