China shocked after man allegedly drives over girlfriend repeatedly and kills her, reigniting gender-based violence debate
- A man in northern China repeatedly ran over his girlfriend with a car, killing her in a gruesome attack that was caught on video and has since gone viral
- The city of Tangshan where the attack took place was the scene of a violent assault against four women two months ago
Yesterday in Tangshan in Hebei province, northern China, a woman, surnamed Wang, was knocked to the ground and then run over repeatedly by a car allegedly driven by her boyfriend, surnamed Zhang.
In shocking footage of the incident that has since gone viral, several witnesses made desperate attempts to intervene. Wang was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead a short while later.
Zhang fled after the bloody attack which occurred around noon in front of a public indoor swimming pool, but was arrested by police later that afternoon.
Police said the motive for the attack was an unspecified “dispute” between the couple, adding that the investigation remains ongoing.
Footage of the attack shows Zhang allegedly driving a white car into Wang who is knocked to the ground and then driving over her repeatedly in a parking space in front of a group of horrified onlookers before the engine stalled.