China: Man Hijacks Bus, Drives It into Crowd, Killing 5 & Injuring 21 in Longyan

Local Editor

A man hijacked a bus and drove it into a crowd of people in China’s city of Longyan, killing five people and injuring 21 others.

The attacker is believed to have entered the bus armed with a knife and caused panic.

The incident happened in the coastal southeastern Fujian province. The assailant was reportedly detained by police.

He apparently attacked passengers with a knife and, when people started fleeing, sat behind the wheel and drove into a crowd. One of those killed is thought to be a police officer.

Online footage, purporting to be from the scene, shows a road littered with parts from damaged vehicles and a group of police officers and bystanders pouncing on the alleged hijacker.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team