Chinese police hunt knife attacker

BEIJING: Chinese police said yesterday they were searching for a 30-year- old man after knife attacks in the northern province of Hebei killed three people and injured one.

Police in Wenan County, where the attacks took place, published several pictures of the suspect, who they said was a local resident, and of a car they described as his getaway vehicle.

They offered no motive for the attacks.

A statement on a verified social media account of a police officer of Baoding City, a neighbouring jurisdiction to Wenan County, said three individuals were attacked in public early yesterday morning and died. — AFP