35 killed as driver rams crowd at sports centre in southern China

A driver killed 35 people and injured another 43 when he deliberately rammed his car into a crowd exercising at a sports centre in southern China on Monday, police said (Kyodo News/AP)

A driver killed 35 people and injured another 43 when he deliberately rammed his car into a crowd exercising at a sports centre in southern China on Monday, police said.

Officers detained a 62-year-old man at the sports centre in Zhuhai following the incident, which happened on the eve of the country’s premier aviation exhibition by the People’s Liberation Army that is hosted annually in the city.