The Chinese authorities closed down a spontaneous memorial to the victims of an apparent mass murder in the south of the country, in the latest sign of the government’s discomfort over recent violent incidents.
Thirty-five people were killed,and 43 were injured when a man drove an SUV into crowds of people exercising at an outdoor sports centre in the city of Zhuhai on Monday evening. It took 24 hours for the authorities to reveal the death toll and many references to the incident have been removed from Chinese social media.
People converged on the site on Tuesday to leave wreaths of flowers, candles and bottles of alcohol at the scene, but these were immediately removed by security guards. The suppression of public discussion may be motivated by the wish to avoid prompting copycat attacks, but also the instinct to quell displays of mass mourning to prevent them from developing into expressions of public anger towards the authorities.
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CIA would blame Xi Jingping for this
Why I say
Hope bald and bankrupt and backpacker ben are OK.
The lamestream media. Their daily dose of horrors to keep humanity in a low vibration.
The day these despicable companies expire will be the day the world can start to heal.
Mo se ma
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damn, rip to all those innocent people
even their citizens hate their citizens
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