Suspect in China car rampage that killed 11 wanted 'revenge on society'

Eleven people have been killed, and 44 injured after a driver crashed a car into a crowd at a public square in central Chinaand attacked people with a knife and shovel.

A red SUV drove into a square in Hengyang city in Hunan province on Wednesday evening and the driver began to hack at pedestrians with a knife and spade, the Hengyang government said in a statement on its microblog on Thursday.

“[The suspect] has been sentenced many times for drug trafficking, theft, and other crimes, creating a desire for revenge on society,” the statement said.

Previous statements said police had been sent immediately to the site of the attack and restrained the suspect, who has now been detained. One video posted on Twitter showed people streaming out of the square. Other video posted by Chinese state media showed several bodies on the ground.

Beijing Youth Daily, a publication of the ruling Communist party’s youth league, said on its official microblog that police were investigating the crash. There was no mention of terrorism or any other motive.

Police identified the suspect as a 54-year-old Chinese man named Yang Zanyun from the same county, who had served several prison sentences for convictions including arson and assault, the newspaper said.

China has experienced violent attacks in public places in recent years, including bombings and arson of buses and buildings, sometimes by people trying to settle personal scores or express grievances against society.

Authorities often do not disclose further details about the incidents or the motives of assailants. In June, a man stabbed and killed two young boys outside a primary school in Shanghai. Local media said pedestrians had caught and restrained the man. In July, a man detonated a low-grade homemade bomb outside the US embassy. Police did not disclose any suspected motive.

Occasionally, the attacks are attributed to militant separatists, though such attacks have become less common in recent years.

In 2013, an SUV plowed through a crowd in front of Beijing’s Forbidden City before crashing and catching fire, killing five, including the vehicle’s three occupants. Police blamed the attack on Muslim separatists from the Uighur ethnic minority group.

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Another case of Chinese people taking revenge on society...

Every time something like this happens I'm going to show it to the dumb fucking morons who believe that gun control or refusing to name the shooter after a tragedy will prevent other mass killings from happening. China has implemented both policies and it hasn't stopped jack shit. 

Enesbrietchvonfrederitch wrote:

Another case of Chinese people taking revenge on society...

Well let's be fair here, is it any different from an American, British, German, French, or Finnish mass murderer from taking "revenge" on society?

He killed and injured more than most Shooters. Jared Laughner, William Atchinson, Randy Stair, Elliot Rodger, Pekka Eric Auvinen, all killed less with guns.
Maybe it could be a form of Chinese motorsport where they try and kill and injure as many people as possible with a vehicle.

Enesbrietchvonfrederitch wrote:

Another case of Chinese people taking revenge on society...

Well let's be fair here, is it any different from an American, British, German, French, or Finnish mass murderer from taking "revenge" on society?

No, but most rampage attacks in China the perpetrators cleary say their motives as taking revenge on society.

Pretty crazy, its always interesting to hear stuff that happens in China and Japan.

Chinese Khalid Masood.

I've noticed Asia has a lot of Vehicle ramming/stabbing attacks.

I thought the whole "revenge on society" thing was a statement that the Chinese government makes after nearly every single one of these incidents.

NSAhoneypot wrote:

I thought the whole "revenge on society" thing was a statement that the Chinese government makes after nearly every single one of these incidents.

Well the incidents probably have similar motives then.

Tommy QTR wrote:

I've noticed Asia has a lot of Vehicle ramming/stabbing attacks.

A lot of these stabbing attacks seem to be directed towards children in particular. I wonder why that is.

AntiSocial-MasterDebater wrote:

Tommy QTR wrote:

I've noticed Asia has a lot of Vehicle ramming/stabbing attacks.

A lot of these stabbing attacks seem to be directed towards children in particular. I wonder why that is.

Well I believe it's that they hate society so much that they want to attack those who society cares about the most.

AntiSocial-MasterDebater wrote:

Tommy QTR wrote:

I've noticed Asia has a lot of Vehicle ramming/stabbing attacks.

A lot of these stabbing attacks seem to be directed towards children in particular. I wonder why that is.

They're easier to attack/kill than adults, and I imagine that someone interested in striking out at society in general would want to cause the maximum amount of suffering for the community.

I suppose im more interested as to why these attacks happen so frequently in China specifically. Im surprised that they don't happen in the west as often as they do there.