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Man stabbed three children in knife attack in China




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A man in China has killed three children and injured several others in a primary school, it was the first day of a new school term after the summer holiday, state media said this morning.

The man was understood to have been a parent of one of the students. The man is believed to have stabbed the children because the school did not let his daughter register for the new term because she had not finished summer homework, state media channel CCTV reported.

The man went to the school, in Shiyan city of Hubei province, saying he had to register his daughter, CCTV reports, citing the initial police investigation.
After the attack, the man took his own life, state media said.

It is understood that a teacher and five other children were injured. Such crimes are considered rare in China compared with many other countries, but there have been a series of attacks on schools and children in recent years.

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