BEIJING: China on Monday ( Jan 20 ) executed a man who killed 35 people in a car rampage in the southern city of Zhuhai in November, in the country’s deadliest mass attack in years.
On Nov 11, Fan Weiqiu, 62, consciously drove a little SUV through crowds of people exercising outside a sports complex, even injuring 45 in China’s worst such violence since 2014.
He was sentenced to death last month, with a court saying his motives “were extremely vile, ( and ) the nature of the crime extremely egregious”.
According to state broadcaster Video, a Zhuhai judge “executed Fan Weiqiu in accordance with the murder get the Supreme People’s Court has issued.”
The municipal public prosecutor” sent personnel to supervise ( the execution ) in accordance with the law”, CCTV reported.
Fan’s strike sparked widespread public outcry and reflection on the state of society in China.
According to police at the time, he was taken into a stupor and self-inflicted blade wounds at the scene.
At his trial last month, Fan pleaded innocent in front of some of the patients ‘ people, leaders and members of the public, state media said.
The jury found he “decided to vent his rage” over” a damaged relationship, personal frustrations, and discontent with the department of house after divorce”.
It came to the conclusion that his actions were “particularly callous, and the effects particularly severe, posing major harm to society.”