Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai removed wreaths, candles and bottles of Chinese alcohol, offerings laid at the scene of the deadliest mass killing in the country in a decade.

Police say 35 people were killed in Zhuhai, China, when a driver rammed his car into a crowded sports center a day before the city hosts a military air show.

Police in China say 35 people were killed and 43 injured after a driver struck a crowd in the city of Zhuhai.

ZHUHAI, China, Nov 12 (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.

A car attack in Zhuhai, southern China, left 35 dead and 43 injured. The incident, one of the deadliest in recent history, led President Xi Jinping to call for improved risk controls. Censorship silenced online debates questioning public safety as authorities urged investigations and measures to prevent future 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.

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.

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,

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.

China's top leaders have urged "all-out efforts" to treat those injured in a car attack in southern China, one of the deadliest incidents in the country's recent history, as online posts asking what the attack says about Chinese society were censored.