Man hijacks bus and drives it into crowd, killing 8 & injuring 22 in Longyan, China
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.
Other clips show people lying on the ground, apparently hurt in the incident (WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES).
【突发：公交车被劫持多人死伤】25日下午，福建龙岩一辆公交车被一名持刀男子劫持， 从莲东路横冲直撞到登高西路， 造成至少五死二十多人受伤，死者当中包括一名民警。公安到场制服了一名疑犯。#福建#公交车#死伤严重pic.twitter.com/ksqnYet7Jw
— 自由亚洲电台 (@RFA_Chinese) December 25, 2018
福建龙岩公交被劫持撞人事件。（6）转 pic.twitter.com/u9bOX6w743
— 曾宁 (@pZO5xK2Su74DiBW) December 25, 2018
转：怯者愤怒，却抽刃向更弱者。重大突发，12月25日，福建龙岩的闽FY6998公交车被一持刀歹徒劫持，沿途冲撞街道行人。目前已有5人死亡（含1名民警）、21人受伤。从画面上看，歹徒已经被制服。 不管是什么原因，这种复仇社火上的无辜者们的行为，都不会得到同情。😠 pic.twitter.com/qJ52NSfdbb
— LUCY (@zhanglucy88) December 25, 2018
网传福建龙岩抢公交车撞人。转 pic.twitter.com/o5LXBvEDU6
— 曾宁 (@pZO5xK2Su74DiBW) December 25, 2018
福建龙岩特大新闻，一罪犯挟持了公交车，车上杀了一个女的，然后一路撞，死了好多人……摘 pic.twitter.com/nwlOWngESW
— 活着 (@tangyongtao1) December 25, 2018
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