Frustration over marriage breakdown
Chinese man (62) sentenced to death after driving amok
In China, the man who drove his car into a crowd of people and killed 35 people has been sentenced to death. It is believed that the 62-year-old decided to vent his anger over a broken marriage and personal frustrations by attacking innocent people with his car.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen The state television station CCTV quoted the court as saying that the defendant's motives were "extremely heinous, the methods particularly cruel and the consequences particularly serious". They represented "considerable damage to society".
Amok driver pleaded guilty
The man pleaded guilty in front of some of the victims' families and officials, the statement continued.
On November 11, the man rammed his small SUV into a group of people training in front of a sports center in the megacity of Zhuhai in the south of the country.
35 people were killed. The 62-year-old was arrested at the scene with self-inflicted knife wounds. It was the worst attack in China since 2014.
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