KNIFE ATTACKER WOUNDS 14 IN CHINA KINDIE

Woman slashes children returning to class after morning exercises

AKNIFE-WIELDING woman attacked and injured 14 children at a kindergarten in China’s southwestern Sichuan province yesterday.

The 39-year-old assailant used a kitchen knife to slash students while they were returning to the classroom after morning exercises, said the Banan district public security bureau in Chongqing city.

Images and video footage posted by local media online show children in blood-soaked clothes, some with knife wounds on their face.

After police rushed to the scene, children were evacuated for medical treatment.

The woman who carried out the attack is in police custody and an investigation is ongoing.

The attack took place at 9.30am local time.

Knife attacks targeting schoolchildren are not uncommon in China, which has seen a slew of deadly incidents over the past few years.

In April, a 28-year-old man killed nine middle school students as they were returning home in one of the country’s deadliest knife attacks in recent years. The killer, who said he had been bullied when he attended the school, was executed in September.