Report: 5 children injured in China school attack
(CNN) -- A man attacked preschool children with a hammer in east China on Friday, injuring five before setting himself on fire in a classroom suicide, state media reported.
The attacker poured gasoline over himself while holding two children in his arms, a government spokesman told Xinhua news agency.
Teachers managed to pull the two children away from the man. He died at the primary school in Weifang City, Shandong Province, the spokesman said.
All five victims from the attack were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
The incident followed at least three other separate attacks in China in recent weeks in which assailants have killed or wounded students.
On Thursday, at least 28 children were injured when a man with a knife attacked a kindergarten in east China, state media said. Most of the victims were 4-year-olds and three of the children were in critical condition.
Police said they have arrested a 47-year-old suspect. The incident happened in Taixing city in Jiangsu province.
A day earlier, a man attacked 18 students and a teacher with a knife at a primary school in southern China's Guangdong province, Xinhua said.
It was not immediately known how many people were injured or whether there were any fatalities in the Wednesday attack. The man, described as being in his 40s, entered the school Wednesday afternoon and attacked before he was seized by police, Xinhua reported.
A man who stabbed eight children to death and wounded five others at an elementary school in eastern China last month was executed Wednesday, Xinhua said.
Zheng Minsheng, 42, was shot in Nanping City for the March 23 attack. Authorities said he carried out the attack because he was frustrated by "failures in his romantic life," according to Xinhua.
Chinese authorities have taken various measures to ensure safety, including integrating safety awareness in school curriculums.
Officials have also tightened security in schools by hiring extra guards to escort students to and from class.
Students, teachers and parents are receiving counseling to help them deal with the trauma, according to authorities.
(CNN) -- A man attacked preschool children with a hammer in east China on Friday, injuring five before setting himself on fire in a classroom suicide, state media reported.
The attacker poured gasoline over himself while holding two children in his arms, a government spokesman told Xinhua news agency.
Teachers managed to pull the two children away from the man. He died at the primary school in Weifang City, Shandong Province, the spokesman said.
All five victims from the attack were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
The incident followed at least three other separate attacks in China in recent weeks in which assailants have killed or wounded students.
On Thursday, at least 28 children were injured when a man with a knife attacked a kindergarten in east China, state media said. Most of the victims were 4-year-olds and three of the children were in critical condition.
Police said they have arrested a 47-year-old suspect. The incident happened in Taixing city in Jiangsu province.
A day earlier, a man attacked 18 students and a teacher with a knife at a primary school in southern China's Guangdong province, Xinhua said.
It was not immediately known how many people were injured or whether there were any fatalities in the Wednesday attack. The man, described as being in his 40s, entered the school Wednesday afternoon and attacked before he was seized by police, Xinhua reported.
A man who stabbed eight children to death and wounded five others at an elementary school in eastern China last month was executed Wednesday, Xinhua said.
Zheng Minsheng, 42, was shot in Nanping City for the March 23 attack. Authorities said he carried out the attack because he was frustrated by "failures in his romantic life," according to Xinhua.
Chinese authorities have taken various measures to ensure safety, including integrating safety awareness in school curriculums.
Officials have also tightened security in schools by hiring extra guards to escort students to and from class.
Students, teachers and parents are receiving counseling to help them deal with the trauma, according to authorities.
