2019 Zaoyang car attack
| Zaoyang car attack | |
|---|---|
  Zaoyang Zaoyang (China) | |
| 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 drove a car into pedestrians in Zaoyang, Hubei, China, killing six people. Police shot him dead.[1][2][3] The driver was later identified 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.[4][5]
References
- ^ Nanlin Fang. "Police shoot driver dead after car rams crowd in Chinese city, killing six". CNN. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^ "Car ploughs into crowd in China, six killed, police shoot driver - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^ "Un homme fonce dans la foule avec sa voiture à Zaoyang: six morts". www.laliberte.ch (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^ News, Taiwan. "China: Car drives into crowd killing multiple..." Taiwan News. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ hermes (2019-03-23). "Driver shot dead after ramming into passers-by in China's Hubei". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2019-03-24.