School knife attack kills 8 and injures 17 others in eastern China
16 November 2024, 19:15
Eight are dead and 17 have been injured in a knife attack on a school in China on Saturday, local police say.
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The attack occurred at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology at around 6.30pm local time on Saturday, the Yixing police said in a statement.
The suspect, a 21-year old graduate of the school surnamed Xu, was detained on site.
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Police said Wu had failed his school exams and could not get a graduation certificate, and that he was dissatisfied about his pay at an internship.
This is the second deadly attack within a week after a man drove his car into people at a sports facility in the southern city of Zhuhai, leaving 35 people dead and injuring 43 others.
In October, a man was detained after he allegedly attacked children with a knife at a school in Beijing. Five people were wounded.
In September, three people were killed in a knife attack in a Shanghai supermarket, and 15 others were injured. Police said at the time that the suspect had personal financial disputes and came to Shanghai to "vent his anger".
The same month, a Japanese schoolboy died after being stabbed on his way to school in the southern city of Shenzhen.
