Mass killings in China spark calls for support and understanding to prevent repeat

Following a series of mass killings in China, the country’s legal experts are calling for better mental health and social resources while urging authorities to investigate the deeper reasons behind these attacks.

On the evening of November 11 The car crashed into the crowd 35 people died and 43 were injured in the incident while exercising at a sports center in the southern city of Zhuhai. The suspect, who tried to commit suicide, was immediately taken away by the police and treated at the hospital. Police said at the time that it may have been motivated by anger over the suspect’s recent divorce settlement.

Before the people could get over the shock, the country faced a great danger. second mass murder in less than a week. On November 16, a knife attacker killed eight people and injured 17 at a university in Yixing in the eastern province of Jiangsu.

The 21-year-old suspect had studied at the institute and police said he was unhappy with the low pay he received as a factory trainee.

Three days later SUV crashed into a group of parents and children outside An elementary school in Changde, in the central province of Hunan. Local police reported that several children were injured and required hospital treatment, but there were no deaths. The suspect is a 39-year-old young man named Huang.

Some people have questioned whether there was a pattern to the attacks. Chinese authorities often describe these as “isolated incidents” or focus solely on the suspects’ personal motives, such as divorce or unemployment.

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