Six people were killed and one was wounded in an attack at a kindergarten in China’s southern Guangdong province on Monday morning, according to local authorities.
The Lianjiang Public Security Bureau said the “intentional assault case” happened at about 7.40am in Hengshan township, Lianjiang. A male suspect, surnamed Wu, 25, was detained at about 8am by police.
According to a microblog post by Chinese media platform Cover News, the attacker used a knife.
The identities of the victims have not been released.
A report by Hubei news platform Hubei Jingshi quoted unverified “online information” as saying the victims involved were a teacher, two parents, and three students.
A video circulating online showed what appeared to be at least two victims lying on the ground near the gate of a kindergarten.
The police notice said that Wu was a resident of Lianjiang, a city of about 1.8 million in southwestern Guangdong.
The privately-run kindergarten has been operating since February 2021, according to Chinese media outlet Caixin.
A staff member from the municipal propaganda department told the Post that the investigation is ongoing.
(scmp.com)
