Knife-wielding attacker injures 7 children in China

A knife-wielding man on Fridaywounded seven children and two bystanders outside a primaryschool in central China, state media said, in the latestmass knifing attack.

Violent crime is rare in China compared with many othercountries, but there has been a series of knife and axe attacksin recent years, many targeting children.

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The suspect in Friday's incident, Lei Mingyue, 58, attackedthe students in the city of Hanzhong in Shaanxi province, andinjured two passersby while trying to escape, China CentralTelevision (CCTV) said on its official microblog.

Lei, who was taken into custody and previously had beenpunished for theft crimes, was seeking "revenge on society,"CCTV said, citing police. It was unclear about his motives.

Photographs posted by CCTV showed children being carried androlled on a gurney to an ambulance. It said all the victims hadbeen taken to a hospital for treatment and the incident wasbeing investigated.