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.

ZHUHAI, China (AP) — A man who authorities said was upset over his divorce settlement rammed his car into a crowd of people exercising at a sports complex in southern China, killing 35 and severely injuring dozens of others, police said Tuesday.

Thirty-five people were killed and 43 wounded after a car ploughed into pedestrians Monday evening in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, local police said Tuesday.

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.

Flowers have been cleared away and mourners kept from gathering in the aftermath of China's deadliest mass murder in years.

A car attack that killed 35 people in China has sparked questions about a recent spate of public violence, as officials continue to censor discussion on the incident. On social media, many are discussing the social phenomenon of "taking revenge on society",

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.