Man stabs eight people to death in eastern China
May 9th, 2010 - 3:31 pm ICT by BNO NewsBEIJING (BNO NEWS) — A man stabbed eight people to death, including three family members, in eastern China on Saturday evening, state-run media reported on Sunday.
The attack happened around 6 p.m. local time in Chengyuan village, in Jishui County of Jiangxi Province. According to the state-run Xinhua news agency, a man stabbed his mother, wife, daughter, four neighbors and one migrant worker to death.
The suspect was identified as Zhou Yezhong and was taken into custody about two hours after the incident. His age was not immediately released.
Police are investigating the motive behind the deadly attack, which follows a series of unrelated knife attacks at Chinese schools.
On April 28, 33-year-old Chen Kangbing - who suffered from mental disorders - stabbed 16 children and one teacher at the Leicheng First Primary School in Leizhou City, in south China’s Huangdong province. Kangbing was a teacher in Baisha and had been on sick leave since February 2006 because of his mental disorders.
A day later, on April 29, 46-year-old Xu Yuyuan injured 29 children and three adults during a stabbing rampage at the Zhongxin Kindergarten in Taixing city. He reportedly told police that he carried out the attack as a “revenge on society” after a series of personal and business-related humiliations.
Both stabbing rampages were unrelated.
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