Knife attacker kills seven youngsters, wounds 19 in China

A man with a knife killed seven schoolchildren and wounded 19 others as they returned home in northern China.

The suspect changed into as soon as detained and the injured youngsters own been receiving therapy on Friday, the propaganda division of Mizhi county in Shaanxi province stated on its official social media yarn.

The assault – in a single of the deadliest rampages within the country in contemporary years – took pickle within the early evening, the division stated with out offering further crucial gains.

Closing 365 days, a man armed with a kitchen knife killed two other folks and wounded nine others in a grocery store within the southern metropolis of Shenzhen.

In January 2017, a man armed with a knife stabbed and wounded 11 youngsters at a kindergarten in China’s southern Guangxi Zhuang self sustaining pronounce.

SOURCE: Al Jazeera and data businesses