A bus plummeted into the Hongshan Reservoir in southwest China on July 7 in what is suspected to have been a revenge suicide attack by the driver, killing 21 and injuring another 16. Chinese media has been forbidden to freely report the incident.
Many of the victims are said to be students who were on their way to take the annual college entrance exam. By 10 p.m. on July 7, rescuers had found at least 37 people, among them 12 students, five of whom were dead.