BEIJING (AP) — A man with a knife killed six people and wounded one Monday at a kindergarten in southeastern China, police and a news report said Monday.
A 25-year-old man was arrested following the 7:40 a.m. attack in Lianjiang, a city in Guangdong province, a police statement said. Employees who answered at the Lianjiang police headquarters declined to give more details.
A news outlet, Dafeng News, cited an unidentified witness as saying the attacker’s child had been struck earlier by the car of one of the people who was killed at the school. It said one of the people killed was a teacher at the kindergarten.
At around 7: 40 on July 10, 2023,Hengshan Town, Lianjiang City, Guangdong Province A case of intentional injury occurred, resulting in 6 deaths and 1 injury. #ChinaNews #中国新闻 pic.twitter.com/jknG6sHY9X
— 包帝国韭菜馅 (@Colorfu33624983) July 10, 2023
