China executed two men who committed deadly attacks that killed dozens in November, raising concerns about a surge in what are called “revenge on society crimes,” state media reported Monday. Fan Weiqu, 62, who rammed his car into a crowd outside a sports stadium in the city of Zhuhai, killing at least 35 people, was executed on Monday, the Associated Press reports. The attack was China’s deadliest in over a decade, Police said Fan was upset over his divorce settlement.
Also in November, Xu Jiajin, killed eight people and injured 17 others in a stabbing attack at his vocational school in the eastern city of Wuxi. Police said Wu, 21, had failed examinations and could not graduate, and was dissatisfied about his pay at an internship. He was also executed on Monday. The killings led Chinese President Xi Jinping to urge local governments to take measures to prevent such attacks. The death sentences were issued by intermediate people’s courts and approved by the Supreme People’s Court. China is believed to execute more prisoners each year than the rest of the world combined, though the total is a state secret. Executions are traditionally carried out by gunshot, though lethal injections have also been introduced.