China EXECUTES mass killers including car ram attacker who murdered 35 in ‘divorce rage’ & uni stabber who left 8 dead
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CHINA has executed two mass murderers including a man who killed 35 people in a car-ramming attack and a knifeman who slaughtered eight at a university. Fan Weiqiu, 62, was sentenced to death three weeks ago after smashing his car into people exercising outside a sports centre in the country’s deadliest public attack for a decade.
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And Xu Jiajin, 21, was put to death after he launched a frenzied stabbing spree at his former college, wounding 17 alongside the eight killed. China has been plagued by a spate of devastating acts of random violence in recent months driven by a common theme: a desire to “take revenge on society”.
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The state is battling to control the surge by ramping-up security and dishing out the harshest punishments - meaning the death penalty. Thousands are allegedly executed each year in the country through various methods including firing squads, lethal injections and mobile death vans.
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Fan, the Zuhai attacker, sped his car into people exercising in a sports ground in the southern city of Zhuhaion on November 11, 2024. Police reports said he circled the complex several times before accelerating through the unsuspecting crowd, intent on maiming as many people as possible.
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A court concluded the awful violence was unleashed in a fit of rage caused by his failed marriage and a divorce settlement he considered unfair. His small off-road vehicle careered into around 80 people, who were mostly training on a running track, killing 35 of them.
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