People killed, hurt in China stabbings

Beijing – Three people were killed and seven wounded in a stabbing spree at a supermarket in rural southeast China, police have said.

The suspected attacker was arrested shortly after the incident on Thursday in Fujian province, they said, without specifying the kind of weapon used.

The injured were in stable condition in hospital.

The attack came hours after 39 pupils and staff at a rural primary school in south China’s Guangxi region were wounded in a knife attack, after which a security guard was reportedly apprehended. –