Eight killed, 17 injured in mass stabbing in Eastern China

Eight people were killed and 17 others injured in a stabbing attack on a college campus in Eastern China on Saturday, Police said — the latest in a recent spate of attacks that has shaken a nation long used to low rates of violent crime.

The attack took place around 6.30 p.m. at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in the city of Yixing, Jiangsu Province, according to a Police statement.

Video verified by CNN shows several people lying motionless on the ground, some of them surrounded by onlookers as screams are heard in the background.

A suspect detained at the scene was a recent graduate who was motivated by “failing (an) exam, not receiving a graduation certificate, and dissatisfaction with internship compensation,” Police said. An investigation is ongoing.

The attack is the latest mass casualty incident to hit China — a country of 1.4 billion that has one of the lowest rates of violent crime in the world, partly due to its strict gun controls and powerful mass surveillance.

Last Monday, 35 people were killed after a car plowed into people who were exercising in the Southern city of Zhuhai in the country’s deadliest known attack on the public in a decade. Around 40 others were injured. (CNN) 

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