The bus driver who ended up at the bottom of a lake and killed 21 people in China last week acted deliberately, furious at the demolition of his home, local police have confirmed.

The drama took place on July 7 in Anshun , in the poor Guizhou province , in the southwest of the country. A group of students were traveling on board as they went to pass the selectivity.

The video surveillance images revealed by the authorities show how the vehicle suddenly changes course and crosses the road to turn in the opposite direction, before crossing a security barrier and diving into a lake located under a small slope.

Investigation has revealed that the bus driver, Mr. Zhang , 52, was "unhappy with his life" and annoyed by the discovery on the same day of the drama of "the (announced) demolition of the accommodation he had rented", Anshun police reported Sunday in a statement on social media. He was drunk at the time of the accident.

The first information of the event was revealed on Friday by the economic magazine Caixin , before being blocked online .

Debate on expropriations

Land expropriations and rapid demolitions of houses by local officials to carry out development projects are a major source of anger and instability in China. Many media have reported this event on Monday, widely followed on social networks.

"Why inflict that suffering on so many families?" Asks an Internet user on the Weibo social network , regarding the deceased driver. But others also raise the issue of expropriations and too low compensation offered to people who see their houses demolished. "I do not sympathize with (the driver) but I understand it," has come to affirm some Internet user.

In late 2018, a dispute on a public bus traveling over a bridge in Chongqing , in southwest China, caused the vehicle to fall on the Yangtze , the longest river in China, and the death of at least 13 people.

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