Man who killed 35 people in car ramming attack in China sentenced to death [Video]

A MAN WHO killed 35 people in a car attack in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai last month has been sentenced to death, state media reported today.

On 11 November, 62-year-old Fan Weiqiu deliberately drove through people exercising outside a sports complex in his small SUV, the worst attack in China since 2014.

He was detained at the scene with self-inflicted knife wounds and fell into a coma, police said at the time.

His case was publicly tried and found guilty today, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

The court said the defendant’s motives “were extremely vile, the nature of the crime extremely egregious, the methods particularly cruel, and the consequences particularly severe, posing significant harm to society”, state media said.

In front of some of the victims’ families, officials and members of the public, Fan pleaded guilty, it added.

The court found Fan had “decided to vent his anger” over …