A knife attack took place at a university in the city of Yixing in Jiangsu Province in eastern China. Chinese police said eight people were dead and 17 injured. The reason for the attack was said to be his failure to pass his university exams and his dissatisfaction with his internship remuneration.
The attack occurred around 6:30 p.m. local time at the Wuxi Institute of Art and Technology. The attacker, a 21-year-old student, was arrested on the spot. Eight people died and 17 were injured.
The reason for the attack was said to be his failure to pass his university exams and his dissatisfaction with his internship remuneration, a police statement quoted by AFP said.
Another knife attack in China
This is the second knife attack in China in recent months. In September, a Japanese student was fatally stabbed in the southeastern city of Shenzhen. In the same month, a knifeman killed three people and injured 15 in a Shanghai supermarket.
In October, a 50-year-old man was arrested near an elementary school in Beijing, stabbing five people, including three children.
Saturday's knife attack is the second multi-fatal incident this week. On Monday evening, a 62-year-old man drove his car into a crowd of people in Zhuhai in southern China, killing 35 people and injuring over 40.
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