A fatal car attack on pedestrians at a sports facility in southern China that left at least 35 people dead could spark a fresh round of security measures, observers said, as the ruling Communist Party counts the cost of a growing number of “social revenge” attacks on members of the public. At least 35 people were killed and 43 injured when a driver rammed his car into a crowd at a stadium in Zhuhai city, prompting a rare call from President Xi Jinping for an investigation and for the perpetrator to be punished.
Local police had initially downplayed the attack, saying only that “a small vehicle hit several pedestrians,” and the death toll wasn’t announced until several hours later.