Many feared death in China Hospital and suggested a knife attack

Mass violent crimes are rare in China, which is why citizens are banned from owning firearms (Representative)

Beijing:

According to state media, more than ten people were killed or injured in an attack on a hospital in southwest China on Tuesday. They did not provide any information about the nature of the attack.

“The incident occurred at a local hospital and at 1:20 p.m. (0520 GMT) … more than ten people were injured or killed,” state news agency Xinhua said.

The attack occurred in Zhenxiong county in southwestern Yunnan province and authorities were investigating, it said.

Images published by state news site The Paper appeared to show a man pointing a knife at another man with a stick in a hospital lobby, as well as police officers arriving at the scene.

“It happened around 11am…it’s still a bit chaotic, they’re still crunching the numbers,” a resident told The Paper.

In China, where citizens are strictly prohibited from owning firearms, mass crime rarely occurs. However, there has been a spate of stabbings in recent years.

Last August, two people died and seven others were injured in Yunnan after a man with a history of mental illness attacked people with a knife.

The month before, six people were killed and one injured in a knife attack on a kindergarten in southern China’s Guangdong province.

And in August 2022, three people were killed and six injured in a knife attack at a kindergarten in southeast China’s Jiangxi Province.

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