At least eight dead after stabbing attack at vocational school in eastern China
At least eight people were killed and 17 others wounded Saturday in a knife attack at a vocational school in eastern China, and the suspect – a former student – has been arrested, police said. This is the second deadly attack within a week after a man rammed his car into a crowd at a sports facity in southern China, leaving 35 dead.
A stabbing attack at a vocational school in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi on Saturday left eight people dead and 17 others injured, local police said.
The attack took place at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in Yixing, a smaller city within Wuxi, at around 6:30 p.m. local time, the Yixing police said in a statement.
The suspect, a 21-year old male student surnamed Xu, was detained on site.
Police said Wu had failed his examinations and could not graduate, and that he was dissatisfied about his pay at an internship. He decided to vent his frustrations via the attack, the statement said.
Videos circulating on Western social media platforms like X showed injured people lying on the street after the attack while others rushed to help. On Chinese social media platforms like Weibo, keyword searches of the attack turn up the police statement but no videos or images related to the attack.
China has seen a number of attacks in which suspects appear to target members of the public at random.
(AP)
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