Summary
China executed two men involved in separate mass killings in November 2024.
Fan Weiqu, 62, killed 35 and injured 45 in a car-ramming attack in Zhuhai, motivated by frustration over his divorce.
Days later, Xu Jiajin, 21, fatally stabbed 8 and injured 17 at a vocational school in Wuxi after failing exams and struggling with low pay.
Analysts link rising “revenge on society” attacks to economic struggles and social discontent.
When you don’t have an independent judiciary, or serious appeal laws, it’s pretty quick.