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China stabbings: Nine students killed in Shaanxi
Nine students have been stabbed to death and 10 injured in a knife attack outside a school in northern China, officials say.
A man suspected of carrying out the attack is alleged to be a former student taking revenge for having been bullied at the school.
The assault took place near Mizhi County Number Three secondary school in Shaanxi province as the students were heading home for the day.
The suspect remains in custody.
Chinese police have given his surname as Zhao and say he is 28.
Their preliminary assessment is that he was motivated to take revenge because he was bullied in his third year (where students are typically aged 13-14).
Police say the dead are seven girls and two boys.
Photos on social media showed several young students lying on the ground in Yulin city, surrounded by shocked onlookers.
The attack happened at the school at around 18:10 local time (10:10 GMT) on Friday, a local government statement said.
The injured children are receiving treatment in hospital.
Their exact ages have not been given but reports suggest they may be middle school children, which would make them aged 12 to 15.
Knife attacks have made the headlines in China in recent years:
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Mizhi County middle school stabbing
2018 mass stabbing in Shaanxi province, China
The Mizhi County middle school stabbing occurred at No. 3 Middle School in Mizhi County, Yulin, Shaanxi, on 27 April 2018. Nine people were killed and 12 others were injured[1] when 28-year-old Zhao Zewei rushed into a crowd of students and began stabbing them.[2]
It is the deadliest school stabbing in the history of China.
Stabbing
[edit]On 27 April 2018, Zhao Zewei (Chinese: 赵泽伟; born 20 January 1990, in Zhaojiashan Village)[3] arrived at No. 3 Middle School in Mizhi County carrying knives he had ordered online the previous month. He attended the school as a child and claimed to have been bullied there, and planned the attack as revenge.[1][2]
Zhao waited an hour for students to be dismissed at 6:10 p.m.[4] and rushed at them in an alleyway with three knives and a dagger, killing nine and injuring twelve.[1] He was eventually subdued by teachers, students, and security guards and handed over to the local police.[3][5]
Aftermath
[edit]After Zhao's arrest, he was deprived of political rights for life. The Yulin Intermediate People's Court determined that he committed the attacks to ve