CHINA: Knife-wielding man kills 2, wounds 18 others

A 30-year-old man with mental illness has been arrested by cops in China after he stabbed two people to death and injured 18 others in Guizhou province, the southwestern part of the Asian country.

The victims of the stabbing incident were taken to hospital after the Sunday’s attack as the assailant is being held in police custody and the case according to the authorities was under investigation.

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A Chinese news platform, Xinhua cited the suspect’s father as saying his son had a history of mental illness.

Violent crime is rare in China compared with many other countries, but there has been a series of knife and axe attacks in recent years, many targeting children.

In January, a man wounded 11 children with a blade at their kindergarten in the Guangxi region. Seven children were wounded in a November attack by a man with a knife outside in another area.

 

 

 

 

 

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