2019 Zaoyang car attack

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Zaoyang car attack
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Zaoyang
Zaoyang (China)
Location Zaoyang, Hubei Province, China
DateMarch 22, 2019 (2019-03-22)
6:00 a.m.
TargetPedestrians
Attack type
Vehicle-ramming attack, mass murder
Deaths7 (including the attacker)
Injured8

On 22 March 2019, a man deliberately drove his car into pedestrians in Zaoyang, Hubei, China, killing six people. Police shot him dead. [1] [2] [3] The driver was later identified as 44-year-old Cui Lidong who was known to police as a previous offender. He is said to have carried daggers in his car at the time, and had wounded his wife and daughter at home shortly before the attack. [4] [5]

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References

  1. Nanlin Fang (22 March 2019). "Police shoot driver dead after car rams crowd in Chinese city, killing six". CNN. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  2. "Car ploughs into crowd in China, six killed, police shoot driver - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  3. "Un homme fonce dans la foule avec sa voiture à Zaoyang: six morts". www.laliberte.ch (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  4. "China: Car drives into crowd killing multiple..." Taiwan News. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  5. hermes (2019-03-23). "Driver shot dead after ramming into passers-by in China's Hubei". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2019-03-24.