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Shocking Liuzhou Car Rampage and Stabbing Leaves Two Dead (Updated: Six Dead) and Many Injured

An incident that occurred on the Wenchang Bridge in Liuzhou on August 20 has left at least two people dead among many injured.

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8 years ago

August 20, 2018

Manya Koetse

Some shocking footage is making its rounds on WeChat (video link, viewer discretion advised), after a car rampage and stabbing took place in the city of Liuzhou earlier today.

The incident occurred around 11 in the morning (local time) at the Wenchang Bridge (文昌大桥) in Liuzhou, Guangxi province, when a man driving a black Toyota crashed his car into more than ten electric bikes on the offside lane on the motorway, injuring…

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