China Executes Perpetrator of Deadly November 2024 SUV Attack

Fan Weiqiu, 62, was executed after being convicted of intentionally driving into a crowd in Zhuhai, killing 35 people and injuring 43 others.

Fan Weiqiu was sentenced to death in December 2024 for what the court described as an act of 'extreme cruelty' and 'abject motives.'
The attack occurred on November 11, 2024, when Fan drove his SUV into people exercising outside a sports complex in Zhuhai, Guangdong province.
Authorities stated Fan's actions were driven by anger over a broken marriage, personal frustrations, and disputes over property division after his divorce.
This incident marks one of several recent violent attacks in China attributed to individual grievances, with experts linking such acts to economic pressures.
China's use of the death penalty remains opaque, but human rights groups estimate thousands of executions occur annually.