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Zhang Tong

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 wounded, took place as the public was still mourning the victims of a deadly car attack in the southern city of Zhuhai days before.
At least 35 people were killed and 43 others injured on Monday as an SUV rammed into a crowd at a sports stadium, raising huge concerns over social stability and prompting Beijing to order more precautionary actions.
Saturday’s attack took place at around 6.30pm at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in Yixing, a city in Jiangsu province about 200km (120 miles) west of Shanghai.
The suspect, a 21-year-old surnamed Xu who used to study at the college, was detained at the scene, local police said.


The college has more than 10,000 students and employs 590 staff.
Videos circulating on social media showed police entering the grounds with shields and subduing the attacker on a playing field.
Police said the suspect had failed his exams and was also angry about the low pay he received as a factory intern.
A purported suicide note circulating online, which included the alleged killer’s full name, said he was angry about the exploitation of factory workers.
The South China Morning’s Post’s call to the vocational college went unanswered.


China has faced a string of knife crimes this year. On September 30, a knife-wielding assailant went on the rampage in a Walmart supermarket in Shanghai, killing three people and wounding 15.
And two weeks ago, a stabbing attack in front of a primary school in Beijing left five people wounded, including three children.
Some of the attackers have targeted foreigners, sparking calls for transparency. In June, four instructors from college in Iowa were stabbed in northeast China’s Jilin province.
There have also been two attacks targeting Japanese nationals since June. On September 18, a 10-year-old died after being stabbed on his way to a Japanese school in the southern city of Shenzhen. Police said the suspect was a 44-year-old jobless man with a criminal record.


Barely three months before, a Chinese school bus attendant was killed as she tried to protect a Japanese mother and her child from a knife attack in the eastern city of Suzhou.
President Xi Jinping issued rare instructions through state broadcaster CCTV after the Zhuhai car attack, describing it as “extremely vicious”, calling for the perpetrator to be severely punished and ordering the prevention of extreme cases.
The suspect, a 62-year-old man surnamed Fan, was still in a coma after trying to cut his throat following Monday’s attack, city authorities said. He was formally arrested on Saturday and police are waiting to question him.
The Ministry of Public Security, which oversees the police force, held a meeting on Thursday calling for stronger prevention and control of risks and making every effort to ensure public safety and social stability.
Provincial authorities in Jiangsu also convened a meeting on Sunday, calling for a swift investigation into the previous day’s knife attack and timely release of information to address public concerns.


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