2025 Jinhua car attack

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2025 Jinhua car attack
LocationSumeng Township Central Primary School, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
DateApril 22, 2025
c. 5:45 p.m. (CST)
TargetElementary students and school staff
Attack type
 Vehicle-ramming attack
Weapon Sedan
Deaths14
Injured12+
Motive 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 14 people and seriously injuring more than a dozen others. Among the victims were officers, parents, and nine students.

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Background

The attack occurred five months after the 2024 Zhuhai car attack that killed 38 people and injured 48 others, the 2024 Changde car attack, which also took place at a school, injuring 30 people, and the 2024 Wuxi stabbing at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology that killed eight people and injured 17 others. [1] [2] [3] The perpetrators of the Zhuhai and Wuxi attacks were executed in January 2025, [4] while the perpetrator of the Changde attack received a suspended death sentence in December 2024. [5]

The Sumeng Township Central Primary School, abbreviated as Sumeng Primary School, was founded in 1927 in the district of Wucheng, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China. As of 2025, the school had 21 classes, approximately 996 students, and more than 50 faculty and staff. [6]

Attack

At around 5:45 p.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. [7] 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. [8] Bystanders banged on the car's window. [9] Witnesses posted footage of the crash to Twitter. At the time of the attack, the intensive care unit at the local hospital was full. [10] Authorities restricted access to the school by closing off roads around the school. [11]

Victims

Reports claim at least 14 people, including nine students, police officers, and parents, were killed, while multiple others were seriously injured. At least one of the injured victims, a man, suffered critical injuries to his head. [12] Today's Question Network reported seven people were killed and more than a dozen others were injured, while The Epoch Times reported that an insider said six people were killed and an unknown number were injured during an interview, and MBN News reported over ten people were killed. [13] [14] [15] Authorities are restricting information and have not confirmed any casualty figures but acknowledged that the incident did occur. [16]

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. [10] Sources claimed the child committed suicide by jumping off of the school building because of being bullied. [15] Online reports said the mother was detained for seven days after she went to the school and tried to find staff to argue with because of the bullying. After finding out their mother was detained, the child committed suicide. When the woman was released, she did the attack in anger. An online user claimed that there was a conflict between the woman and the parents of the bully. [17]

Responses and reactions

Former state media reporter Wang Zhi'an made social media posts suggesting possible intentional targeting. [16] Chinese sources claim the attack was intentional and the motive was revenge. [18]

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. [10] A parent revealed they weren't allowed to take pictures and claimed CN¥  200,000 would be given to the deceased victims' families for humanitarian reasons. [14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jiang, Steven (November 16, 2024). "Eight killed and 17 injured in mass stabbing in eastern China". CNN. Archived from the original on November 17, 2024. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Chinese court issues suspended death sentence to man who drove car into a crowd of schoolchildren". AP News. December 23, 2024. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
  4. ↑ Ng, Kelly (January 20, 2025). "China executes two men over deadly attacks in same week". BBC News . Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  5. ↑ Gan, Nectar; Jiang, Joyce (December 24, 2024). "Driver who plowed into school crowd in southern China given suspended death sentence". CNN News .
  6. ↑ "浙江金华小学前汽车冲撞人群 传多人伤亡" [Car rams into crowd in front of primary school in Jinhua, Zhejiang, with multiple casualties] (in Chinese). The Epoch Times. April 23, 2025. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  7. ↑ "China once again breaks out in indiscriminate attacks! Car crashes in front of primary school in Jinhua, Zhejiang, causing unknown casualties". VOCO News. April 24, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "Car plows into crowd outside school in eastern China, injuring multiple people". CNN. April 23, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  10. 1 2 3 "中國全面封鎖浙江小學撞人案 網傳家長不滿小孩校內過世憤而報復" [China fully blocks Zhejiang primary school hit-and-run case; parents retaliate after child dies in school]. Liberty Times. April 26, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Car plows into crowd near elementary school in eastern China". NHK. April 24, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  12. ↑ "放学时分 浙江金华轿车直冲校门撞倒一片（视频）" [At the end of the school day, a car in Jinhua, Zhejiang, crashed into a school gate and knocked down a group of people (Video)] (in Chinese). New Tang Dynasty Television. April 23, 2025. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  13. ↑ "[LIVE] China Tragedy: Car Slams Into Students Outside Elementary School, Killing Over 10 [MBN News7]". MBN News. April 24, 2025. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  14. 1 2 "浙江汽车撞人案信息被封 知情人透露内情" [Information about the Zhejiang car-hit case was blocked, insider reveals the inside story] (in Chinese). The Epoch Times. April 24, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  15. 1 2 @jinrizhiyi (April 25, 2025). "金华血案：当人民绝望到开车冲向校园，中共政权能否继续装聋作哑？4月22日，浙江金华一所民工子弟学校发生震惊全国的悲剧：放学路上，一辆汽车冲入人群，造成7名学生死亡，十多人重伤入院。开车者是一名家属，其子女此前在该校跳楼身亡，因长期维权无果、问题无解，最终选择以极端方式对社会"复仇"。这是一起惨案，也是一场控诉。当正常渠道全部失效，当官僚系统对一场校园死亡事件推诿敷衍，当绝望无法被倾听，悲剧就会用最血腥的方式爆发。这不是简单的"个人报复"，这是一个体制制造的悲剧。中国不是没有人想讲理，而是中共政权从来不给人讲理的机会。孩子死了，父母得不到解释，媒体不能调查，学校不回应，政府不负责——于是汽车变成了最后的"信访窗口"。这不是"恶性事件"，这是中国式"治理"的照妖镜" (Tweet) (in Chinese). Retrieved April 30, 2025– via Twitter.
  16. 1 2 "Car crashes into crowd outside primary school in Jinhua City". Probe International. April 23, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  17. ↑ "网传金华小学撞人内情：女司机孩子遭霸凌枉死" [Inside story of Jinhua primary school crash: female driver's child was bullied and killed] (in Chinese). New Tang Dynasty Television. May 8, 2025. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  18. ↑ "(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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