Dozens of people exercising were killed, and 43 others were injured after a man drove a small off-road vehicle into a large group of people outside a sports center in Zhuhai, China, on Monday evening.
The 62-year-old suspect, who is only identified by police by his family name of Fan, was upset over his divorce settlement, authorities said. He was apprehended by police at the scene after allegedly killing 35 people at 7:48 p.m. and attempting to flee.
The southern Chinese city of Zhuhai is hosting the People’s Liberation Army’s annual aviation exhibition, which opened Tuesday. The sports complex is regularly used by hundreds of residents to run, play soccer or dance.
Chinese authorities appeared to be tightly controlling information about the incident. Internet censors tend to take extra care to scrub social media ahead of and during major events, such as the aviation exhibition or the annual meeting of the National People’s Congress.
