China on Monday executed a man who killed 35 people during a car rampage in the southern city of Zhuhai in November, according to state media reports.
The Supreme People’s Court approved the execution of 62-year-old Fan Weiqiu, which was carried out by the city’s authorities, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
On November 11, Fan deliberately drove a small SUV into a crowd of people exercising outside a sports complex. The attack claimed 35 lives and left 43 others injured, marking China’s deadliest act of violence since 2014.
Fan was detained at the scene with self-inflicted knife wounds and subsequently fell into a coma, according to police at the time.
Last month, a court sentenced him to death, stating that his motives were “extremely vile, the crime’s nature egregious, the methods particularly cruel, and the consequences devastating, causing significant harm to society.”
CCTV added that Zhuhai’s public prosecutor sent personnel to oversee the execution, ensuring it was carried out in accordance with the law.
