Two dead, 21 injured after knife attack in hospital in China’s Yunnan province

Authorities in southwest China reported that two people were killed on Tuesday ( May 7 ) as a result of a knife attack. &nbsp,

In a statement posted on the company’s official Twitter account, Zhenxiong County police claimed that 21 people were also hurt in the hospital assault in Zhenxiong County, in the southwest of Yunnan province. &nbsp,

” According to investigations, the suspect is a male villager from Zhenxiong County’s Poji Town” .&nbsp,

According to the local authorities, the injured are now receiving treatment, and examinations are pending. &nbsp,

Police officers who were on the field as well as a man pointing a weapon at another guy wielding a stay in a hospital hall appeared to be in the pictures, which were published by the state-run news website The Paper.

” It happened around 11 in the morning… it’s still a little disorganized, they’re still determining the quantities”, a nearby resident told The Paper.

Although China strictly forbids citizens from possessing firearms, there have been numerous stabbings in recent years, large violent crime is uncommon it.

After a person with a history of mental illness knifed a person with a weapon in Yunnan in August, two people died and seven others were hurt.

In a school stabbing in Guangdong province in southeastern China, six people were killed and one injured the day before that.

In a weapon attack at a school in Jiangxi province in east China, three people were killed and six others were hurt in August 2022.