A screengrab from a UGC video posted shows emergency vehicles arriving after a driver ploughed through a crowd of people exercising at a sports center in south China, killing 35 people and wounded 43 others.Photo by UGC/AFP via Getty Images

Disgruntled divorcee kills 35 after driving car into a crowd at China sports complex: police

Police said 43 other people were injured

by · National Post

A man who authorities said was upset over his divorce settlement rammed his car into a crowd of people exercising at a sports complex in southern China, killing 35 and severely injuring dozens of others, police said Tuesday.

Police detained the 62-year-old man, who is being treated for wounds thought to be self-inflicted, shortly after the attack Monday night in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai. The city is hosting the People’s Liberation Army’s annual aviation exhibition, which opened Tuesday, and searches for what happened were heavily censored for users behind China’s Great Firewall.

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