Eight people were killed and more than 20 injured on Tuesday when a man with a knife hijacked a bus and drove it into traffic in a southeastern Chinese city, according to state media reports.
The attack happened around 3 p.m. in the city of Longyan in Fujian Province. The Beijing News, a government-run paper, quoted a witness who said the bus had run into three motor scooters, a taxi and a car.
On Chinese social media, several graphic videos of the aftermath showed bodies splayed across the street amid auto wreckage, some of which were pinned beneath the bus.
One video showed a man being wrestled to the ground by several police officers, and the state news media said a suspect had been taken into custody. CCTV, China’s state broadcaster, said the suspect was an unemployed man who is believed to have lashed out over a dispute with local government officials.
