2019 Zaoyang car attack

On 22 March 2019, a man deliberately drove his car into pedestrians in Zaoyang, Hubei, China, killing six people. Police shot him dead.^[1][2][3] The driver was later identified as 44-year-old Cui Lidong who was known to police as a previous offender. He is said to have carried daggers in his car at the time, and had wounded his wife and daughter at home shortly before the attack.^[4][5]

Zaoyang car attack
Zaoyang Zaoyang (China)
Location	Zaoyang, Hubei Province, China
Date	March 22, 2019; 6 years ago (2019-03-22) 6:00 a.m.
Target	Pedestrians
Attack type	Vehicle-ramming attack, mass murder
Deaths	7 (including the attacker)
Injured	8