Twenty children wounded as 'school worker' slashes pupils 'during a PE lesson' at a primary school in Beijing
- Three students were seriously injured in attack but their condition was stable
- Posts on social media said the children suffered knife wounds to the head
- Man was arrested after injuring the students at around 11:17am local time today
A man was arrested after attacking students at a primary school in Beijing on Tuesday, according to a district government.
Twenty children were wounded and were taken to hospital, the Xicheng district government said in a post on its social media account.
Three of them suffered serious injuries but their condition was stable after the attack took place at the Beijing No. 1 Affiliated Elementary School of Xuanwu Normal School at around 11:17am local time, it said.
Video shows worried parents forming a large crowd outside the school's entrance in Beijing's Xicheng district, demanding details after a man injured 20 children in an attack at 11:17am
Three of the students suffered heavy injuries but their condition was stable after the attack took place at Xuanwu Normal Experimental Affiliated Number One Primary School
Police carry evidence bags from a primary school that was the scene of a knife attack in Beijing
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The Xicheng government did not give other details of the attack, but posts on social media said the children suffered knife wounds to the head and reports said the attack happened during a PE lesson.
A clip of a meeting between school staff and parents circulated on social media, in which parents were told a 'school worker' had carried out the attack. Another video shows worried parents forming a large crowd outside the school's entrance, demanding details.
About six police cars were parked outside a hospital near the school, according to a Reuters witness.
A clip of a meeting between school staff and parents circulated on social media, in which parents were told a 'school worker' had carried out the attack
School staff members declined to give much details of the incident to worried parents
The attack took place at the Beijing No. 1 Affiliated Elementary School of Xuanwu Normal School at around 11:17am local time on Tuesday. Police declined to comment on the incident
Police declined to comment by telephone when asked about the attack.
Violent crime is rare in China but there has been a series of knife and axe attacks in recent years, many targeting children.
In January 2017, a man in southern China stabbed 12 children with a vegetable knife to extract revenge for his life not going as he wanted and a dispute with a neighbour.
The man was executed this month.
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