A procuratorate in central China's Hunan Province has approved the arrest of the suspect, who drove an SUV into a crowd, for involving in a crime against public security.
Yang Zanyun, the suspect, drove a red SUV to deliberately crash into a crowd in a square in Hengdong County in Hunan on Wednesday, and continued his attack with a folding shovel and knife after the car stopped. So far, 12 people have been killed and 43 injured.
Yang, 54, finished junior high school education and had three unsuccessful marriages. He lived on collecting interests from loans in recent years and has served several prison sentences for crimes including intentional injury, drug trafficking and extortion.
Authorities have paid close attention to the incident, and demanded a thorough investigation.
The injured have been treated in hospital with utmost efforts. Xu Dazhe, governor of Hunan, visited the injured.
