Man stabs four kids to death

Man stabs four kids to death

Five children in China were kidnapped in a park, taken to a storage room where four were stabbed to death and one seriously wounded.

The children were only around 10 years old.

"The suspect is a young man from Anhui (east China) and he lives with his mother in Shenqiu," said the official, who refused to be named. He would not provide further details.

A spokesman for the county government, surnamed Yang, said the suspect was unemployed. "As for why he did it, I can't say anything as police are investigating," he said.

Prior to this incident, a farmer with mental health problems killed six people, two of them children, with an axe .

In yet another violent incident on children, eight pupils were hurt when a day care centre staff for migrant workers' children in Shanghai went on a stabbing spree.

Last year, at least five major attacks took place at schools in China, killing 17 people - including 15 children - and wounding more than 80.

Experts are blaming the increasing violence on the current economic boom in China.

Source: news.asiaone.com

Image: Uchichavenger

Published Dec 7 2011