China executes man for killing 35 in Zhuhai car rampage

China has executed a 62-year-old man who killed 35 people in a car rampage in the southern city of Zhuhai in November.

On November 11, Fan Weiqiu deliberately drove a small SUV through crowds of people exercising outside a sports complex, injuring 45 in China’s worst such crime since 2014.

He was sentenced to death last month, the court said his motives were “were extremely vile, (and) the nature of the crime extremely egregious".

CCTV said Monday a Zhuhai court "executed Fan Weiqiu in accordance with the execution order issued by the Supreme People's Court".

The municipal procurator "sent personnel to supervise (the execution) in accordance with the law", CCTV reported.

Fan’s attack sent shockwaves throughout Chinese society.

He was detained at the scene with self-inflicted knife wounds and fell into a coma, police said at the time.

At his trial last month, Fan confessed in front of some of the victims’ families, officials and the public, state media said.

The court said he "decided to vent his anger" over "a broken marriage, personal frustrations, and dissatisfaction with the division of property after divorce."

It found his methods "particularly cruel, and the consequences particularly severe, posing significant harm to society".

He was also sentenced to death in December, the court said his crime was “extremely serious”, CCTV reported.

Xu was allowed to “meet with his family members” before his execution, the broadcaster said.

China does not release death penalty statistics but rights groups including Amnesty estimate thousands are executed annually.