BEIJING — A former student went on a stabbing rampage at a vocational college in eastern China, killing eight people and injuring 17, police said on Sunday.
This came days after the deadliest mass killing in the country in a decade shocked Chinese society.Saturday evening's knife attack took place at the Wuxi Vocational College of Arts and Technology in Yixing, part of Wuxi city in the eastern province of Jiangsu.The suspect, a 21-year old male student surnamed Xu, was detained on site.
The Zhuhai suspect was reportedly angry at the terms of a divorce settlement.'According to preliminary investigations, the suspect, surname Xu — male, 21 years old, a 2024 graduate of the college — attacked others after failing an exam and not receiving his graduation certificate, as well as being dissatisfied with his internship compensation,' the Yixing Public Security Bureau said in a statement.
17 Injured In China Knife Attack
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