Three children among six dead after driver with 'marriage problems' rams after-school crowd
Suspect had strapped himself with a petrol can and had a lighter in his hand, reports say
PUBLISHED : Monday, 28 April, 2014, 3:28pm
UPDATED : Monday, 28 April, 2014, 7:25pm
Zhuang Pinghui [email protected]
The suspect's car, according to accounts from Weibo. Photo: Weibo
Three children were among six people killed when a man drove his car into a crowd of schoolchildren and their parents in Fuzhou, police said today.
In addition more than a dozen were injured when Lin Jianxin, who is first believed to have strapped a petrol can to his body, rammed into the group, in Zhuangtou village.
The 37-year-old attempted to flee the scene but was quickly apprehended by police and bundled into a squad car.
He told officers he had been suffering from marriage problems.
The Southeast Express newspaper quoted a source as saying the suspect had petrol in the car and had a lighter in his hand. He was detained by the local anti-bomb squad, the source said.
The suspect is led away to a police car. Photo: Weibo
The victims included children who were on their way home from school. Several reportedly died after being rushed to the Minhou County No 2 Hospital.
An internet user named Aling claimed three members of a single family had been killed, with only one surviving.
The injured were sent to a hospital in Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province.
The driver was reportedly upset that his wife wanted to divorce him, the Express cited the source as saying.
Onlookers are cordoned off by police at the scene of the crash. Photo: Weibo
Pictures posted by People’s Daily on its microblog showed a man dressed in black being taken into a police car.
A severely damaged light-brown car was seen parked in an open area, with crowds kept away by a police cordon.
