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2025 Jinhua Car Attack
On April 22, 2025, a vehicle-ramming attack took place when a woman drove her car into pedestrians outside of an elementary school in Jinhua, Zhejiang, China, killing 14 people and seriously injuring more than a dozen others. Among the victims were officers, parents, and nine students. Background The attack occurred five months after the 2024 Zhuhai car attack that killed 38 people and injured 48 others, the 2024 Changde car attack, which also took place at a school, injuring 30 people, and the 2024 Wuxi stabbing at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology that killed eight people and injured 17 others. The perpetrators of the Zhuhai and Wuxi attacks were executed in January 2025, while the perpetrator of the Changde attack received a suspended death sentence in December 2024. The Sumeng Township Central Primary School, abbreviated as Sumeng Primary School, was founded in 1927 in the district of Wucheng, Jinhua, Wucheng, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China. As of 2025, the school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinhua
Jinhua is a prefecture-level city in central Zhejiang province in eastern China. It borders the provincial capital of Hangzhou to the northwest, Quzhou to the southwest, Lishui to the south, Taizhou, Zhejiang, Taizhou to the east, and Shaoxing to the northeast. Its population was 7,050,683 as of the 2020 census including 1,463,990 in the built-up (or metro) area made of two urban districts (not including yet the satellite city of Lanxi, Zhejiang, Lanxi, which has become essentially a suburban offshoot of Jinhua's main urban area). Jinhua is rich in Ultisols, red soil and forest resources. The Jinhua or Wu River flows through the Lan and Fuchun to the Qiantang River beside Hangzhou, which flows into Hangzhou Bay and the East China Sea. In medieval China, it formed part of the water network feeding supplies to the southern end of the Grand Canal of China, Grand Canal. It is best known for its dry-cured Jinhua ham. History and culture The history of Jinhua dates back to the 2nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
