Zaoyang car attack | |
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Location | Zaoyang, Hubei Province, China |
Date | March 22, 2019 6:00 a.m. |
Target | Pedestrians |
Attack type | Vehicle-ramming attack, mass murder |
Deaths | 7 (including the attacker) |
Injured | 8 |
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]
Zaoyang car attack | |
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Location | Zaoyang, Hubei Province, China |
Date | March 22, 2019 6:00 a.m. |
Target | Pedestrians |
Attack type | Vehicle-ramming attack, mass murder |
Deaths | 7 (including the attacker) |
Injured | 8 |
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]