Eight killed in stabbing attack at school in eastern China, police say

Suspect arrested aft onslaught astatine nan Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology successful Yixing county, constabulary say.

Eight group person been killed and 17 others wounded successful a weapon onslaught astatine a vocational schoolhouse successful Wuxi city, eastbound China, constabulary said.

The fishy – a erstwhile student – has been arrested, constabulary said connected Saturday.

The onslaught occurred astatine nan Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology successful Yixing County astatine astir 6:30pm section clip (10:30 GMT), nan Yixing constabulary said successful a statement.

Police said nan fishy was a 21-year-old erstwhile student astatine nan school, who was meant to postgraduate this year, but had grounded his exams.

“He returned to nan schoolhouse to definitive his anger and perpetrate these murders,” constabulary said, adding that nan fishy had confessed.

This is nan 2nd deadly onslaught wrong a week aft a man drove his car into people astatine a athletics installation successful nan confederate metropolis of Zhuhai, leaving 35 group dormant and injuring 43 others.

And location has been a spate of different attacks successful caller months.

In October, successful Shanghai, a man killed 3 group and wounded 15 others successful a weapon onslaught astatine a supermarket.

And nan period before, a Japanese schoolboy was fatally stabbed successful nan confederate metropolis of Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong.