On 12 September 2018, a man deliberately drove his SUV into crowds on a square in
Mishui near
Hengyang
Hengyang (; ) is the second largest city of Hunan Province, China. It straddles the Xiang River about south of the provincial capital of Changsha. As of the 2020 Chinese census, Its total population was 6,645,243 inhabitants, of whom 1,290,71 ...
in
Hunan Province
Hunan is an inland province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Guangdong and Guangxi to the south, and Guizhou and Chon ...
,
China
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. 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
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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
The Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China (SPC) is the highest court of the People's Republic of China. It hears appeals of cases from the high people's courts and is the trial court for cases about matters of national ...
and he was executed on January 29, 2019.
See also
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List of rampage killers (vehicular homicide)
References
2018 murders in China
2018 road incidents in Asia
2010s vehicle-ramming attacks
21st-century mass murder in China
Disasters in Hunan
Mass murder in 2018
September 2018 crimes in Asia
September 2018 in China
Vehicle-ramming attacks in China
History of Hengyang
Stabbing attacks in 2018
Mass stabbings in China
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