A man killed eight people and wounded another with a knife in central China, state media reported today, citing local authorities. The attack took place on Thursday morning in the city of Xiaogan in Hubei province, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The injured man's life is not in danger, the official news agency New China reported. The suspect, a 53-year-old man surnamed Lu, was arrested by police, according to CCTV. In the past he had been hospitalized for psychiatric problems, according to the same source, which clarified that an investigation has been launched. Shooting incidents are extremely rare in China, a country that bans its citizens from owning firearms, but recent years have seen a surge in knife attacks. On Monday, a knife-wielding woman killed two people and injured four others at a primary school in the central province of Jiangxi. In early May, a knife attack left two dead and 21 injured at a hospital in the province […]
Source: News Beast
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