Another 43 were severely injured. Police detained a 62-year-old man at the sports center in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai.

A 62-year-old man was detained after allegedly ramming a car into a crowd outside the Zhuhai Sports Center in China. Local police said the incident was "serious and vicious."

Thirty-five people were killed and another 43 were injured when a driver deliberately rammed his car into a crowd outside a sports center in Zhuhai, southern China, police said Tuesday.

Police in southern China have detained the driver of a car that plowed into people exercising in the grounds of an outdoor sports center on Monday evening, leaving scores injured.

The attack took place Monday when police said 62-year-old man drove an SUV into a group of people outside a sports stadium in the city of Zhuhai.

People in a southern Chinese city were paying respects Wednesday to 35 of its residents killed by a driver who rammed his vehicle into a sports complex, mowing down people as they were exercising. Police have offered little information about the 62-year-old attacker beyond saying the man,

People laid flowers and lit candles in a southern Chinese city Zhuhai Tuesday after a driver rammed his car into a crowd, killing at least 35 people. (Source: APTN)

A 62-year-old man plowed a small SUV into a group of people exercising at a sports center in the Chinese city of Zhuhai, killing dozens.

By David Kirton ZHUHAI, China (Reuters) -A driver rammed his car into a crowd at a sports centre in southern China, killing 35 people and severely injuring 43 in one of the deadliest attacks in contemporary Chinese history.