RandomGuy
05-12-2010, 11:03 AM
What the hell is going on in China?
Nine killed in latest China school rampage
NANZHENG, China (Reuters) – Seven children and the owners of a kindergarten were hacked to death in northwest China on Wednesday, the latest in a string of assaults on schools, prompting officials to vow to "strike hard" to calm public alarm.
Eleven children were wounded in the attack soon after the school day started in Nanzheng county, a rural corner of Shaanxi province, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Two children were in serious condition.
A 48-year-old man, Wu Huanming, used a kitchen cleaver to kill five boys and two girls as well as the mother-son team who owned and ran the private kindergarten, Xinhua said.
Wu then returned home and committed suicide, Xinhua said, citing a
But wait, that's not all:
There have been six attacks on Chinese schools in the last two months, leaving 18 people dead and more than 80 wounded.
The attacks have raised concerns about school safety in a country where many couples have only one child, and raised questions about the social tensions behind the attacks.
Below is a chronology of the school attacks:
March 23, Fujian Province
Unemployed doctor Zheng Minsheng, 41, killed eight children and injured five others with a knife at a primary school in Nanping county. He told the court he had been jilted by a wealthy girlfriend.
Zheng was executed on April 28, the same day as another attack.
April 12, Guangxi Autonomous Region
Yang Qingming killed a boy and an older woman in an attack on parents and pupils outside a primary school in Hepu, in the southwestern border region of Guangxi. He stabbed two other adults and three children.
Police said Yang, who was in his 40s, was mentally ill.
April 28, Guangdong Province
Chen Kangbing, 33, broke into a primary school in Leizhou, Guangdong province, and stabbed 16 students and one teacher with a knife. He had been laid off as a teacher at a nearby school district.
April 29, Jiangsu Province
Xu Yuyuan, 47, a copy store owner, attacked children in a schoolyard in a busy neighbourhood of small shops in Taixing, near the Yangtze River. He stabbed 28 children, two teachers and a security guard with a 20-cm knife before being overpowered by neighbourhood shopkeepers wielding a fire extinguisher.
Neighbours said Xu was saddled with debts and had fought with a business partner.
April 30, Shandong Province
Villager Wang Yonglai injured five children with a hammer at a rural kindergarten in Weifang, Shandong Province. Two children were pulled away from him as he doused himself with gasoline, and burned to death.
Wang was in despair after local officials said they would tear down his newly-built house, which had been constructed on land zoned as farmland, his wife and sister-in-law said.
May 12, Shaanxi Province
A 48-year old man entered a classroom in rural Nanzheng county, Shaanxi province, at around 8am and hacked five boys, two girls and their teacher to death with a meat cleaver. He wounded another adult and 11 other children, two seriously.
The Xinhua news agency said he then committed suicide.
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/factbox-attacks-chinese-schools-year-3538784
Nine killed in latest China school rampage
NANZHENG, China (Reuters) – Seven children and the owners of a kindergarten were hacked to death in northwest China on Wednesday, the latest in a string of assaults on schools, prompting officials to vow to "strike hard" to calm public alarm.
Eleven children were wounded in the attack soon after the school day started in Nanzheng county, a rural corner of Shaanxi province, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Two children were in serious condition.
A 48-year-old man, Wu Huanming, used a kitchen cleaver to kill five boys and two girls as well as the mother-son team who owned and ran the private kindergarten, Xinhua said.
Wu then returned home and committed suicide, Xinhua said, citing a
But wait, that's not all:
There have been six attacks on Chinese schools in the last two months, leaving 18 people dead and more than 80 wounded.
The attacks have raised concerns about school safety in a country where many couples have only one child, and raised questions about the social tensions behind the attacks.
Below is a chronology of the school attacks:
March 23, Fujian Province
Unemployed doctor Zheng Minsheng, 41, killed eight children and injured five others with a knife at a primary school in Nanping county. He told the court he had been jilted by a wealthy girlfriend.
Zheng was executed on April 28, the same day as another attack.
April 12, Guangxi Autonomous Region
Yang Qingming killed a boy and an older woman in an attack on parents and pupils outside a primary school in Hepu, in the southwestern border region of Guangxi. He stabbed two other adults and three children.
Police said Yang, who was in his 40s, was mentally ill.
April 28, Guangdong Province
Chen Kangbing, 33, broke into a primary school in Leizhou, Guangdong province, and stabbed 16 students and one teacher with a knife. He had been laid off as a teacher at a nearby school district.
April 29, Jiangsu Province
Xu Yuyuan, 47, a copy store owner, attacked children in a schoolyard in a busy neighbourhood of small shops in Taixing, near the Yangtze River. He stabbed 28 children, two teachers and a security guard with a 20-cm knife before being overpowered by neighbourhood shopkeepers wielding a fire extinguisher.
Neighbours said Xu was saddled with debts and had fought with a business partner.
April 30, Shandong Province
Villager Wang Yonglai injured five children with a hammer at a rural kindergarten in Weifang, Shandong Province. Two children were pulled away from him as he doused himself with gasoline, and burned to death.
Wang was in despair after local officials said they would tear down his newly-built house, which had been constructed on land zoned as farmland, his wife and sister-in-law said.
May 12, Shaanxi Province
A 48-year old man entered a classroom in rural Nanzheng county, Shaanxi province, at around 8am and hacked five boys, two girls and their teacher to death with a meat cleaver. He wounded another adult and 11 other children, two seriously.
The Xinhua news agency said he then committed suicide.
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/factbox-attacks-chinese-schools-year-3538784