China kindergarten stabbing: Woman slashes at least 14 children
Fri Oct 26, 2018 09:39:am World
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At least 14 kindergarten children have been attacked by a knife wielding woman in China on Friday.
According to local police, the incident which took place in Chongqing in central China. They said the children were slashed as they walked back to class after their morning exercises at Yudong New Century Kindergarten about 9.30 a.m. local time.
The 39-year-old attacker was eventually restrained by the school security guards and staff.
China's state media showed images of children being rushed to hospital after a stabbing attack at a kindergarten in Chongqing while videos of small children bleeding from severe cuts to their faces at the entrance of the kindergarten as stunned adults looked on, have been circulating on Chinese social media platforms.
According to CNN reports, a local resident named Xia Yang said large crowds gathered at the scene following the incident, and that the attack had shocked residents of the city, a metropolis of some 30 million people.
Police said investigations are continuing.
This isn't the first time children in China have been hurt at school by people wielding knives. In April, nine students were killed at a middle school in Shaanxi province by a 28-year-old man, who according to state media Xinhua, had wanted to "get revenge on his former classmates who had teased him" and had bought the knives online.
The killer was later sentenced to death.
According to local police, the incident which took place in Chongqing in central China. They said the children were slashed as they walked back to class after their morning exercises at Yudong New Century Kindergarten about 9.30 a.m. local time.
The 39-year-old attacker was eventually restrained by the school security guards and staff.
China's state media showed images of children being rushed to hospital after a stabbing attack at a kindergarten in Chongqing while videos of small children bleeding from severe cuts to their faces at the entrance of the kindergarten as stunned adults looked on, have been circulating on Chinese social media platforms.
According to CNN reports, a local resident named Xia Yang said large crowds gathered at the scene following the incident, and that the attack had shocked residents of the city, a metropolis of some 30 million people.
Police said investigations are continuing.
This isn't the first time children in China have been hurt at school by people wielding knives. In April, nine students were killed at a middle school in Shaanxi province by a 28-year-old man, who according to state media Xinhua, had wanted to "get revenge on his former classmates who had teased him" and had bought the knives online.
The killer was later sentenced to death.
In 2017, 11 students were injured after a man climbed over the wall of a kindergarten with a knife and began attacking them.
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