Man Stabs Four To Death In Primary School After School Refuses To Register His Daughter
1 September, the new school year in China began with a horrifying knife-attack that claimed four innocent lives. The attack happened at the Dongfang Primary School in Shiyan.
By Sadho Ram — 02 Sep 2014, 02:43 PM — Updated over 9 years ago
On 1 September, a knife-wielding man went on a stabbing spree at a primary school in Central China, killing three children and a teacher and wounding five more pupils before killing himself
Parents and others gather around the Dongfang Elementary School building in Yunxi County, Shiyan City, Hubei Province. On 1 September a parent killed three students and a teacher before jumping to his death
Image via theepochtimes.comA knifeman stabbed three children and a teacher to death and wounded five more pupils before killing himself in a rampage at a primary school in Hubei province yesterday, the latest deadly attack in the country against schoolchildren. The attacker killed himself by jumping from a building following the carnage at a school at Shiyan, Xinhua and other media outlets reported.
The female teacher who was stabbed in her chest and stomach, died of her injuries hours later. The wounded pupils, two of whom were severely injured, were being treated at a local hospital.
Five students were hospitalised, two of them seriously injured, following the attack
Image via aljazeera.comWielding a knife, the man stabbed eight students and a teacher before he took his own life, the report said. Three of the students died, and the six other victims have been hospitalized, Xinhua reported. Two of the students are seriously hurt, it said.
aljazeera.comAccording to reports, the attacker, who was identified as Chen Yanfu, entered a grade five class at about 10.20am Monday and stabbed a female teacher and eight pupils with a fruit knife
An attacker killed three students at Dongfang primary school in Yunxi county yesterday
Image via scmp.comThe 43 year-old Chen Yanfu was the father of a student that attended Dongfang Elementary School in Yunxi County, Shiyan City, of Hubei. Monday was the first day of school this year.
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Fu Qingyu, the school's headmaster, said Chen did not say a word after entering classrooms, just pulled out a knife and started stabbing anyone within reach.
cnn.comA teacher in the classroom was stabbed in the chest while trying to stop the man from killing students, according to a teacher at the school speaking to the Chinese press. Two teachers burst into the classroom after hearing the screams and forced the assailant into the stairwell. When he realized the police were coming, Chen ran to the top of the five story building and jumped to his death.
shanghaidaily.comAn initial statement from the local police bureau stated that Chen was angry that the school prevented his daughter from registering for the new semester, because she didn't finish her homework
Locals and guards stand at the gate of the Dongfang Primary School after Monday's deadly attack.
Image via turner.comChen carried out the attack because the school refused to register his daughter for the new school year because she had failed to complete her homework, police said. Yesterday was the first day of the new school year in many parts of the country.
Xinhua said Chen had apparently been able to enter the school unquestioned, with no security checks on visitors in place that day. While Xinhua said it was not immediately known how Chen entered the campus, state broadcaster China Central Television said Chen was allowed into the school after he said he went to register his daughter.
aljazeera.comSecurity at many schools in China has been tightened following a spate of violent attacks on children in recent years
Armed policemen guard a high school in China's Hubei province in June. In recent years China has seen a spate of violent attacks on schools and children.
Image via wordpress.comThose attacks include five incidents in 2010 that killed 17 people - 15 of them children - and wounded more than 80.
cnn.comIn March a man killed two relatives and then slashed 11 people, including six children, outside a school in Shanghai. Earlier this summer, police in Qianjiang , also in Hubei, killed a man whom they believed was attempting to "take over" a primary school, state media reported.