President Xi Jinping has called for strict punishment of the perpetrator, about whom authorities have provided little information.
Chinese authorities have heavily censored discussion of an attack in the city of Zhuhai on Monday that killed 35 people and left 43 with severe injuries.
A police officer keeps watch as people remove flower bouquets placed outside the sports centre where a deadly car attack took place.A further 43 people were severely injured in the attack. "This is a top-tier destabilising incident as defined by the central authorities," Lynette Ong, distinguished professor of Chinese politics at the University of Toronto, told the ABC."National security, social stability these days take precedence. It's the number one priority for all the government units."
State broadcaster CCTV's flagship evening news program, Xinwen Lianbo, on Tuesday spent about 90 seconds on Mr Xi's directive to "treat those injured" during the 30-minute show, but shared no footage from Zhuhai.AFP reporters on the scene in Zhuhai late on Tuesday night saw delivery drivers placing online orders of flower bouquets beside flickering candles to commemorate the victims.
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