A large number of students were injured when a car crashed into them in front of a primary school in China today, reported Reuters and France Press, quoted by BTA, citing state media.
China Central Television reported that the incident occurred in the city of Changdu, Hunan Province, in the central part of the country. The number of injured is still being determined. The TV station did not say whether the driver intentionally ran into the children with his car.
In footage posted on social media, many injured people can be seen on the ground and children running in panic. In one video, men beat a bloodied man in front of a white SUV, who is then handcuffed by a police officer.
Last week, several deadly attacks by independent attackers were carried out in China, according to AFP.
On Monday, November 11, a 62-year-old man drove a jeep into people exercising outdoors at a sports complex in the southern city of Zhuhai, Guangdong province, killing 35 and injuring about 40 people. It is the deadliest mass killing in recent years in China, a country unaccustomed to violence on this scale. The attacker was detained.
On Saturday, eight people were killed and 17 injured in a knife attack at a school in the eastern city of Wuxi, Jiangsu province. The attacker, a 21-year-old former graduate of the educational institution, was detained.
In the Chinese Internet space, many are asking why there have been so many similar car attacks in the country recently, and against children, according to Reuters.