Vehicle hits several people outside primary school in China, one week after massive accident

Several people were injured this Tuesday morning after a vehicle hits a group of students and parents outside the primary school in the Chinese city of Changde, in the central province of Hunan, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

The incident occurred early in the day when students were near the Yong’an Education Center in Dingcheng District to start the school day.

Local authorities confirmed to various media outlets that they were investigating the event and collecting data to determine the origin of the event. number of people affected and severity of injuries.

The news was broadcast on national platforms such as Weibo, but without images of the incident, a new example of China’s intense control of information.

However, on international networks like X, censored by the Asian giant, videos have circulated whose authenticity has not been confirmed, showing a man being restrained forcibly after being thrown from a white SUV.

Last year, The number of indiscriminate attacks has multiplied in this Asian country against passers-by, usually carried out by attackers armed with a knife, although attacks on crowds have been recorded.

This accident comes just a week after a 62-year-old man rammed his vehicle into a group of people in front of a sports center in the Chinese city of Zhuhai, killing at least 35 people and injuring 43 before fleeing.

This latest case has intensified concerns about security in public spaces across the country.

Last year, another attack on a crowd of pedestrians also in Guangzhou province left six people dead and 29 injured.

The local press and Internet users generally classify these episodes as “Revenge against society” These are attacks in which the perpetrator acts against innocent people, motivated by frustration due to legal, emotional or business conflicts.