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Chinese children injured in knife attack outside primary school Chinese children injured in knife attack outside primary school
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Police say 22 children and one adult have been injured in a knife attack outside a primary school in central China. Twenty-two children and one adult have been injured in a knife attack outside a primary school in central China, according to police.
A police officer says the attack in the Henan province village of Chengping happened shortly before 8am Friday as students were arriving for classes. A police officer said the attack in the Henan province village of Chengping happened shortly before 8am on Friday as students were arriving for classes.
The officer says the attacker, 36-year-old villager Min Yingjun, is now in police custody. The officer declined to give her name, as is customary among Chinese civil servants. The officer said a 36-year-old villager, Min Yingjun, was in police custody. She declined to give her name, as is customary among Chinese civil servants.
A county hospital administrator says the man first attacked an elderly woman, then students, before being subdued by security guards who have been posted across China following a spate of school attacks in recent years. He says two students have been transferred to better-equipped hospitals outside the county. A county hospital administrator said the man first attacked an elderly woman then students, before being subdued by security guards. Guards have been posted in schools across China following a spate of attacks in recent years.
He said two students had been transferred to better-equipped hospitals outside the county.