Two kindergarten children die in China after being stabbed in Beiliu City
China has faced a spate of knife attacks on schools over the years. Two of the wounded are in serious condition after the mass stabbing in Beiliu City, in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Police have arrested a suspect. An investigation into the attack is underway; those found to have carried out the attacks have usually been people living with mental illness or seeking revenge against officials or individuals known to them.
The motive for Wednesday's attack is not clear, but the suspect is reported to have entered the kindergarten in the Xinfeng area of Beiliu at around 14:00 local time. Sixteen children and two teachers were injured. Xinhua reported that two children subsequently died of their injuries. Two of the injured were undergoing surgery, and a further 14 were receiving medical treatment.
Kindergartens in China generally take children from the ages of three to six. Previous deadly attacks on school children in China include an incident in September 2019. Eight children were killed in Hubei province, and the death of nine middle school students in northern China when a man attacked them as they were on their way home in April 2018.
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