GUANGZHOU — A man who caused heavy casualties after ramming his car into the crowd at a sports center last month in the city of Zhuhai, south China’s Guangdong Province, was sentenced to death on Friday.

Zhuhai Intermediate People’s Court held a public trial of Fan Weiqiu for the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means in accordance with the law.

Fan was also deprived of his political rights for life.

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