2008 Guandong Truck Rampage Mows Down Students

2008 Guandong Truck Rampage Mows Down Students
Vehicle Assault | School Attacks

November 2008 In China a man who drove his truck into a crowded schoolyard on Wednesday in Guangdong province, killing five people and injuring 20 others, did so "because he was tired of life". He was on the verge of divorce and his grandfather suffered from mental illness. He hit more than a dozen students as he drove across the school. When Luo ignored warning, a police officer opened fire. Luo died at the scene and his truck stopped after colliding with a parked van, the statement said. Luo killed four students and a 49-year-old man.

.Sources

'Desperate' man drives truck into student crowd, killing 5

• www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/07/content_7182493.htm

  The man who drove his truck into a crowded schoolyard on Wednesday in Guangdong province, killing five people and injuring 20 others, did so "because he was tired …

• 'Desperate' man drives truck into student crowd, killing 5 - China ...

  bbs.chinadaily.com.cn/thread-619831-1-1.htmlTranslate this page

  By Chen Hong in Zhuhai and Hu Yinan in Beijing (China Daily)Updated: 2008-11-07 07:54The man who drove his truck into a crowded schoolyard on Wednesday in Gu ...

• Truck attack survivors try to heal -- china.org.cn

• www.china.org.cn/china/local/2008-11/08/content_16732680.htm

  Her life was totally ruined by that ... drove his truck into the crowded schoolyard of Dongcheng Middle School on Wednesday evening, killing five students and ...

  
  

  
  

Desperate' man drives truck into student crowd, killing 5 

By Chen Hong in Zhuhai and Hu Yinan in Beijing (China Daily)
Updated: 2008-11-07 07:54

The man who drove his truck into a crowded schoolyard on Wednesday in Guangdong province, killing five people and injuring 20 others, did so "because he was tired of life", police said on Thursday.

Police and ambulance attendants at the scene of the incident on Wednesday. [China Daily]

The driver, referred to only as Luo in a police statement, drove into a crowd of students who were leaving Chengdong High School in Baijiao, Zhuhai, at about 5 pm.

In the statement, Yu Changli, spokesman for the Zhuhai public security bureau, described 34-year-old Luo as a "quiet, introverted and cranky" man who was on the brink of divorce and came from a family with a history of mental illness.

His wife left with the couple's 1-year-old son after a quarrel three months ago, he said.

When his truck business fell on hard times, the Hubei native became a motorcycle taxi driver. On Oct 22, he was stopped by police who found the bike had false plates and confiscated it, the statement said.

The lack of a stable source of income and a family to fall back on drove Luo into despair, which culminated on the day of the attack, it said.

At about 2 pm Wednesday, Luo went to the traffic police to inquire about his motorbike fine.

He was told he had to pay 1,000 yuan ($150) and would have to pass a test to regain his license.

He then left and drove his truck back home. He hit two people outside Chengdong School, the statement said.

A security guard at the school jumped onto the truck and tried to stop him, but he fell off, it said.

Another guard contacted the police when Luo rammed into the school's northern gate after hitting a number of cars.

Luo, whose grandfather suffered from mental illness, hit more than a dozen students as he drove across the school and exited from its southern gate, the statement said.

Police then chased Luo as he drove his truck toward a busy local market, it said.

When Luo ignored warning, a police officer opened fire. Luo died at the scene and his truck stopped after colliding with a parker van, the statement said.

Luo killed four students and a 49-year-old man. Four of them died on Wednesday, and the fifth died in hospital on Thursday.

Classes at Chendong High School were suspended on Thursday as a mark of respect.

Zhou Zhiwei, a 13-year-old student who witnessed the incident, said he saw a body hanging from the truck when it drove into the yard.

"We were very scared and all the girls began to scream," he said.

Tan Mei, an official from the local education bureau on Thursday said they would invite psychological experts to hospitals and the school to help students and teachers.

"I'm worried about my girl's mental state," the mother of Liang Chunmei, a student who sustained bruises in the incident, said.

Desperate' man drives truck into student crowd, killing 5

Comments on this article For more discussions,please go to the forum Total 6       simon li 2008-11-08 09:11 The man obviously lost his senses. He took it out on innocent people, maiming and killing to destroy their lives, an unspeakably evil act, not excuisable by his own despair. On the other hand, officials and bullies in uniform is a special chinese characteristic and breed that find greatest satisfaction in inflicting pain on their own people. (Example, how much do you see Japanese uniforms doing that to fellow Japanese?) From various reports about Guangzhou officials aiding and abetting bosses in inflicting gangsterism on workers, it seems Guangdong is a veritable nest of vipers and scum. I wonder if this wretched man took a lesson from them. 3344 2008-11-07 16:10 why did he not go to kill some corrupt officer before he died? perhaps people would regard he as a hero. jackson 2008-11-07 15:42 it is unbelieveaable that what that happened ,it is also tragedy,which made me memory WU GATE SCANDAL.they are so separate that lose sense to kill others. me 2008-11-07 14:46 A few months ago, an angry and alienated man in Tokyo deliberately drove his car into a crowd, killing many pedestrians. Similar crimes continue to rise because the numbers of frustrated and mentally unstable are increasing everywhere. The world is in great need of psychiatric care! AJW 2008-11-07 11:19 This guy needed a break he should have gone sking Thats what i did after my wife left idiotic 2008-11-07 08:56 If you tired of your life just go hang yourself or and shot your self and die. I don't understand why this moron person have to took anothers people lives with him. They din't do anything that hurt him. Damn! some people in this world are really stupid and evil.