In China, a knife attack at a school leaves eight dead and seventeen injured

A knife attack at a school in eastern China left eight dead and seventeen injured, authorities said Saturday (Nov. 16). “At 6:30 p.m. [11 h 30 à Paris]stab attack occurred at Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology » in Jiangsu province and “There are eight dead and seventeen injured”said police in the city of Yixing, where the tragedy took place. She said the suspect had “He was arrested at the scene”.

China prohibits its citizens from owning firearms. But knife attacks have increased in recent years. Overall, violence is increasing in the world’s second-largest economy, where the gap between the poor and the rich has widened over the years.

There have been several deadly attacks specifically targeting schools in the country, prompting authorities to increase security around educational establishments. In July 2023, a knife attack at a children’s school left six dead and one injured in Lianjiang in the south, after which the suspect was detained.

In August 2022, a knife attack on a children’s school in Jiangxi province (southeast) left three dead and six injured. An individual attacked a children’s school in Beiliu, in the south of the country, with a knife in April 2021, killing two children and injuring sixteen people.