Six killed in kindergarten stabbing in China, continuing trend of knife attacks targeting kids

Six people, including children, died in a stabbing attack Monday at a kindergarten in southern China, police said, as knife attacks continue at schools in the gun-free country. 

A 25-year-old man identified by his surname Wu was detained, police said, according to Fox News. One other person was injured when the suspect began his assault before 8 a.m. local time in Lianjiang, Guangdong province.

Dafeng News, a Chinese outlet, said the attack may have come after a vehicular incident in which the car hit the attacker's child before the stabbing spree. That driver is deceased, the outlet said.

China, which has strict gun laws, has experienced multiple recent kindergarten stabbings.

Three people died and six others were wounded in an August 2022 kindergarten stabbing in Jiangxi.

Two children died and 16 more were wounded in a stabbing attack at a Guangxi kindergarten in 2021.

A school guard allegedly stabbed 39 people in 2020. 

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