Car crashes into crowd outside primary school in Chinese city of Jinhua, residents say

A car ploughed into a crowd outside a primary school in the eastern Chinese city of Jinhua on Tuesday, the South China Morning Post has learned, although the number of casualties is not known.

It is not clear whether the incident in Zhejiang province was a deliberate “lone wolf” attack similar to others in China in the past six months, or an accident.

Police and hospitals in the area would not give details of the incident when contacted by the Post, but did not deny it had happened.

An employee of the Jinhua Municipal Public Security Bureau who answered the phone said he was “not aware” of the crash.

“For that matter, you can contact Sumeng police station,” the worker said, referring to the police station near the site of the suspected crash, although he did not specify what the “matter” was.