2019 Zaoyang car attack

{{Short description|Vehicle ramming attack in Zaoyang, China}}

{{Infobox civilian attack

| title = Zaoyang car attack

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|China

|label=Zaoyang

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| location = {{nowrap|Zaoyang, Hubei Province, China}}

| target = Pedestrians

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| date = {{start date and age|2019|3|22}}

| time = {{nowrap|6:00 a.m.}}

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| type = Vehicle-ramming attack, mass murder

| fatalities = 7 (including the attacker)

| injuries = 8

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On 22 March 2019, a man deliberately drove his car into pedestrians in Zaoyang, Hubei, China, killing six people. Police shot him dead.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/21/asia/china-car-crash-intl/index.html|title=Police shoot driver dead after car rams crowd in Chinese city, killing six|author=Nanlin Fang|website=CNN|date=22 March 2019 |access-date=2019-03-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/car-ploughs-into-crowd-in-china-six-killed-police-shoot-driver/articleshow/68516249.cms|title=Car ploughs into crowd in China, six killed, police shoot driver - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-03-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.laliberte.ch/news-agence/detail/un-homme-fonce-dans-la-foule-avec-sa-voiture-a-zaoyang-six-morts/509859|title=Un homme fonce dans la foule avec sa voiture à Zaoyang: six morts|website=www.laliberte.ch|language=fr|access-date=2019-03-22}} The driver was later identified as 44-year-old Cui Lidong who was known to police as a previous offender. He is said to have carried daggers in his car at the time, and had wounded his wife and daughter at home shortly before the attack.{{Cite web|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3663703|title=China: Car drives into crowd killing multiple...|website=Taiwan News|date=22 March 2019 |access-date=2019-03-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/driver-shot-dead-after-ramming-into-passers-by|title=Driver shot dead after ramming into passers-by in China's Hubei|last=hermes|date=2019-03-23|website=The Straits Times|language=en|access-date=2019-03-24}}