A knifeman has stabbed three pupils to death and injured five others as well as a teacher in an attack at a Chinese primary school today.
'Mad' Knifeman Stabs 3 School Children To Death, Commits Suicide
Another attack on school children has left 3 children dead and another 5 injured after a knife wielding madman went on rampage in their school
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After the executing deadly attack which occurred at a school in Shiyan in the central province of Hubei, the killer jumped from a building and died instantly.
The man, named Chen, according to reports, died on the spot.
Xinhua reports that the six injured persons, two of whom are in critical condition, have been hospitalized.
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Media reports say the man carried out the attack "because he couldn't enrol his child" at the same school.
Attacks on school children is not a rare occurrence in China.
Yahoo reports that , in March, a man killed two people and stabbed 11 others, including six children outside a Chinese school in Shanghai.
Also, in 2010, 22 children and an elderly woman were stabbed at Chengpeng Village Primary School in the Henan province.
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