According to Chinese police reports, the incident occurred when a large number of people were exercising outside the sports facility.

Thirty-five people were killed in southern China after a driver rammed his car into a crowd, the nation’s deadliest attack in at least a decade as an economic slowdown sparks outbreaks of violence.

The Zhuhai attack in which a driver in southern China ploughed his car into a crowd of people and killed 35 people, severely injuring dozens more, has put the spotlight on a recent spate of similar attacks in China.