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International Desk : At least 6 people were killed and one injured in a kindergarten stabbing in China's south-eastern Guangdong province, police officials said.
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Police said they have arrested a 25-year-old man whose name is Wu.
The victims are one teacher, two parents and three students, AFP reported, quoting a spokeswoman for the city government.
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The attack took place on Monday at 07:40 local time, and the man was arrested at 08:00.
Police have called this a case of "intentional assault".
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Violent crime is relatively rare in China, but the country has seen a spate of knife attacks in recent years, including several in schools.
In August last year, a knife-wielding assailant stormed a kindergarten in the south-eastern Jiangxi province, killing three people and wounding six others. In April 2021, two children died while 16 others were injured during a mass stabbing in Beiliu City, in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. In October 2018, 14 children were injured in a knife attack at a kindergarten in Chongqing, south-west China.
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