The episode shocked the Chinese city of Guangzhou. The 22-year-old at the wheel was arrested shortly afterwards by the police and taken away while rescue workers helped people on the ground.
An absurd and disturbing episode has rocked the Chinese city of Guangzhou. A young man has boarded an SUV voluntarily run over and killed 5 people on the road after crash with his car on the lot for no reason.
The horrific act claimed the lives of five people, but also injured thirteen others who were staying in a crowded and exclusive business district of the city of 19 million at the time.
The scare sequence on Wednesday afternoon, around 5:30 p.m. local time, rush hour traffic and with it hundreds of people on the streets.
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To make the gesture even more absurd, the fact that the boy behind the wheel, After crashing the car, he pulled over, got out, and started throwing bills for passers-by, adding even more chaos to what has already been created.
The 22 year old was shortly afterwards arrested by the police and taken away while rescuers helped the people on the ground.
“He purposely lunged at people waiting at the traffic light. He viciously rolled over her with the car. He then turned around and started beating people again,” an eyewitness told BBC local broadcaster Hongxin News.
According to witnesses, the man was not driving fast, but his sudden maneuver left pedestrians waiting at the traffic light with no way out to cross the street.
According to the information, the man also hit a traffic police officer who was sitting on his motorcycle, but was saved.
The incident triggered it an avalanche of outrage in China Many expressed their sadness that this happened just before the Chinese New Year, a festive time in the country. There is no certainty about the reasons for the killing and no official news has been released by the Chinese police.
“The driver was arrested for questioning and the incident is currently being thoroughly investigated,” they said
While the fact quickly became a trending topic on Chinese social media Weibo, with videos of people injured and rescued, the fact later seems to have faded from media attention, leading to users accusing the platform of censorship.