Revenge for the driver's child dying at the school
On April 22, 2025, a vehicle-ramming attack took place when a woman drove her car into pedestrians outside of an elementary school in Jinhua, Zhejiang, China, killing multiple people and seriously injuring more than a dozen others. Among the victims were officers, parents, and nine students.
At around 5:45p.m. a driver in a silver sedan rammed into a crowd of pedestrians and a row of flowerbeds at a high speed without slowing down on a road at the gate of the Sumeng Township Central Primary School while students and staff were heading home.[6] Multiple people were struck and fell to the ground on impact, and some were stuck under the car, with bystanders being too weak to help and victims struggling to stand up.[7] Bystanders banged on the car's window.[8] Witnesses posted footage of the crash to Twitter. At the time of the attack, the intensive care unit at the local hospital was full.[9] Authorities restricted access to the school by closing off roads around the school.[10]
Victims
Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher reported seven people were killed and more than a dozen others were injured.[11] Other sources reported anywhere from 6-14 people were killed. Authorities are restricting information and have not confirmed any casualty figures but acknowledged that the incident did occur.[12]
Suspect
A person in a group chat of a class at the school claimed the vehicle involved in the attack was driven by a local woman with a Guizhou license plate. The person and residents also said her child died in a crash while studying at the school, and she was dissatisfied with the way the school handled it, so she did the attack in revenge.[9]
Responses and reactions
Former state media reporter Wang Zhi'an made social media posts suggesting possible intentional targeting.[12] Chinese sources claim the attack was intentional and the motive was revenge.[13]
Authorities tried to block the news and called the incident a traffic accident. The police checked the dashcams of every parent of the school and asked them to delete it. Chinese articles and posts about the incident were also deleted shortly after being published.[9]
↑ Wang, Xiaonan (December 30, 2024). "珠海撞人事件之后,被噤声的伤亡"[After the Zhuhai collision incident, the silenced casualties]. Initium Media (in Chinese). Archived from the original on December 30, 2024.
↑ "浙江私家車猛撞小學校門人群 多名家長學生倒"[A private car in Zhejiang rammed into a primary school gate, causing many parents and students to fall to the ground] (in Chinese). Sing Tao Daily. April 24, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
↑ "(影) 當場撞死十幾人!浙江小學放學遭惡意衝撞 街上人倒一地 場景如同煉獄"[(Video) More than a dozen people were killed on the spot! A Zhejiang primary school was maliciously rammed after school, and people fell to the ground on the street, the scene was like purgatory] (in Chinese). Newtalk News. April 23, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
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