Plainclothes cops stroll previous a major college following a knife assault at an intersection close to a college within the northwest Haidian district of Beijing, Oct. 28, 2024. | Picture credit score: AP
A knife assault close to a college in China’s capital on Monday (Oct 28, 2024) injured 5 individuals, together with three youngsters, police mentioned.
The assault occurred in mid-afternoon within the Haidian district, northwest of Beijing. Not one of the accidents had been life-threatening, police mentioned in an announcement. A 50-year-old suspect surnamed Tang was detained on the scene and is underneath investigation, he mentioned.
The placement of the assault indicated within the assertion is close to a well-known major college.
A video circulating on social media exhibits two schoolchildren on the bottom. One other picture confirmed a person with a bloody face being tied to the bottom.
There have been a number of knife assaults in China this 12 months, together with a number of involving schoolchildren.
Final month, a 10-year-old Japanese scholar died after being attacked with a knife close to his college within the southern metropolis of Shenzhen. One other assault in June at a college bus cease at a Japanese college in Suzhou injured a girl and her son. A Chinese language girl who tried to intervene was murdered.
In early October, three individuals had been killed and 15 others injured in a knife assault at a Shanghai grocery store.
China strictly restricts personal gun possession, making knives and selfmade explosives among the many commonest weapons.
Printed – October 29, 2024 10:05 am IST
