32 hurt in third China school knife attack. What's going on?

A jobless knife-wielding man injured 32 people, mostly young children, at a kindergarten in eastern China Thursday in the country's third school stabbing frenzy since last month.

All of the 29 children injured in the attack in the city of Taixing were in stable condition, a government official told AFP.

The alleged assailant, 47-year-old Xu Yuyuan, burst into a classroom with a 20-centimetre (eight-inch) knife and started stabbing the children, most of whom were just four years old, Xinhua news agency said.

Two teachers and a security guard who tried to stop the attack in Jiangsu province were also hurt. More...

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