On 12 September 2018, a man deliberately drove his SUV into crowds on a square in
Mishui
Mishui Town () is a town and the seat of Hengdong County in Hunan, China. The town has an area of with a household population of 150,000 (as of 2017). The town of Mishui has 20 villages and 8 communities under its jurisdiction, its seat is ''Yin ...
near
Hengyang in
Hunan Province
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi t ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. The attack resulted in the deaths of 15 people and injuries to 43 others. The attacker, Yang Zanyun, was sentenced to death and executed.
Attack
The attack happened at about 7:35 p.m. when a Land Rover SUV was driven onto a square in Mishui and deliberately struck people.
When the vehicle came to a stop, the suspect got out and continued his attack with a shovel and a knife.
Suspect and investigation
The suspect was identified as 54-year-old Yang Zanyun, who was living off interest from loans. He had a long
criminal record
A criminal record, police record, or colloquially RAP sheet (Record of Arrests and Prosecutions) is a record of a person's criminal history. The information included in a criminal record and the existence of a criminal record varies between coun ...
that included previous convictions for selling drugs, theft and attacking people.
The government said Yang wanted to take "revenge on society."
Three months after the attack, on December 12, Yang was sentenced to death and deprived of his political rights for the remainder of his life.
The sentence was approved by the
Supreme People's Court and he was executed on January 29, 2019.
See also
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List of rampage killers (vehicular homicide)
This list of rampage killers contains those cases where only vehicles were used to attack people. Since it may be quite difficult to distinguish accidents, or cases of reckless driving from those incidents where the driver, or pilot, had the inten ...
References
2018 murders in China
2018 road incidents
2010s road incidents in Asia
History of Hunan
Mass murder in 2018
21st-century mass murder in China
September 2018 crimes in Asia
September 2018 events in China
Vehicular rampage in China
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