Beijing, Jul 10 (AP) A man with a knife killed six people and wounded one more Monday at a kindergarten in southeastern China, police and a news report said Monday.
A 25-year-old man was arrested following the 7:40 a.m. attack in Lianjiang, a city in Guangdong province, a police statement said. Employees who answered at the Lianjiang police headquarters declined to give more details. China Stabbing Horror: Teacher, Two Parents and Three Students Stabbed to Death at Kindergarten in Lianjiang.
Knife Attacker Kills People in China
Six people, including three children, have been killed and one injured in a stabbing at a kindergarten in Southern #China, according to an official.
The attack took place in #Lianjiang in #Guangdong province on Monday. pic.twitter.com/GbKlJRE0yJ
— Geo Political Updates (@GeoPolUpdates) July 10, 2023
Man With Knife Murders Six People Including Kids at Kindergarten
(China) - Six Children Killed In What Local Media Called "Beheading" Rampage In A Kindergarten Near Guangdong's Lianjiang City In China
Authorities in Lianjiang said they have arrested a 25-year-old man with the surname Wu.#shuttletvnews pic.twitter.com/6kjd8gZzyd
— ShuttleTV (@shuttletvnews) July 10, 2023
A news outlet, Dafeng News, cited an unidentified witness as saying the attacker's child had been struck earlier by the car of one of the people who was killed at the school.
It said one of the people killed was a teacher at the kindergarten.
Dafeng News on its website cited video posted online that it said showed a man carrying a knife walking past the kindergarten playground. It said other video showed at least four people in a pool of blood outside the school. China Stabbing: Six Killed, One Injured in Knife Attack at Kindergarten in Guangdong Province.
News reports on other websites were deleted and replaced with the brief police statement.