By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-11-17 04:56:07 | Updated at 2024-11-17 07:46:45
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Eight people have died in a knife attack in eastern China, the country’s second mass killing in a week.
The stabbing, in which another 17 people were injured, happened at around 6.30pm on Saturday at Wuxi Institute of Arts and Technology in Yixing city in Jiangsu, which is about 200km (120 miles) west of Shanghai.
The suspect, a 21-year-old surnamed Xu who had studied at the college, was detained at the scene, local police said.
Videos circulating on social media from Wuxi showed police entering the school with shields and subduing the attacker on a playing field.
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Police said the suspect had failed his exams and was also angry about the low pay he received as an intern in a factory.
