Police detained a 31-year-old male suspect, surnamed Zheng, from the town of Baijiapingzhen
Beijing (Pakistan Point News – 3rd April, 2019) A knife-wielding man killed two people and injured two others at a Primary school in central China on Wednesday, the latest such attack to hit the country in recent years.
The incident occurred at 7.16am on Wednesday at Wanquan Elementary School in the town of Baijiaping, Ningyuan county.
Two persons were also injured in the attack. Two injured primary school students have been sent to hospital with no danger to their lives, the government of Ningyuan county in Hunan province said in a statement.
Authorities did not state the identities or age of those killed.
Police detained a 31-year-old male suspect, surnamed Zheng, from the town of Baijiapingzhen, where the primary school is located, the statement added.
There has been a series of knife and axe attacks in China in recent years, many targeting children. Such attacks are often blamed on people with mental illness or who have personal grievances.
Last month, seven people were killed when a disgruntled man ploughed his car through pedestrians in China's Zaoyang City.
