Woman injures 14 in nursery knife attack

A knife-wielding woman has injured 14 children at a nursery school in the western Chinese city of Chongqing, police said.

A 39-year-old woman was taken into custody and no motive for the assault was immediately released.

A report on the police force’s microblog said the attack at the Xinshiji Kindergarten, in the city’s outskirts, took place at 9.30am as the children were returning to classes.

It said all were receiving treatment in hospital. A doctor at Banan People’s Hospital confirmed the children were there but declined to give any details.

No other information about the attacker was given, other than her surname, Liu.

Video posted on social media showed injured children walking to ambulances from the school gate, with some being placed on trolleys.

China has suffered a number of such incidents in recent years, which it largely blames on the mentally ill or people bearing grudges.