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The Intermediate People's Court of Changde City, Central China's Hunan Province, on Monday sentenced Huang Wen, the perpetrator of a car ramming incident, to death with a two-year reprieve for the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means. 

The court found that Huang, motivated by factors including investment losses and family conflicts, repeatedly rammed into elementary school students and other people near Shuangtan Road and Yuxia Street, in Dingcheng District of Changde city around 7:37 am on November 19, said the release.

After Huang's vehicle broke down, he got off the car with a weapon and attacked the crowd, where he was apprehended on the spot.

The attack resulted in seven people sustaining minor injuries, 16 with slight injuries, and seven with injuries below slight severity. The injured people included 18 elementary school students. It also caused significant damage to both public and private property, according to the court.

Huang was deprived of political rights for life as Huang's action severely endangered public safety, disrupted social order, and created a negative impact, posing a substantial social threat that warranted legal punishment, according to a press release by the court on Monday.

The court said that Huang deliberately targeted a large number of innocent elementary school students as his primary victims, revealing a despicable criminal motive and profound subjective malice. In addition, Huang selected a location with a high concentration of people during the morning rush hour of school times, intentionally driving into the crowd, which reflected extremely severe criminal circumstances.

Huang's actions resulted in multiple injuries, significant damage to both public and private property, and inflicted psychological trauma on the victims, students, and the surrounding community. This severely endangered public safety, disrupted social order, and created a negative impact, posing a substantial social threat that warranted legal punishment, according to the release.

Global Times