Beijing (October 26, 2018): A woman armed with a kitchen knife attacked children at the gate.
The 39-year-old, identified only by her surname Liu, attacked children of a kindergarten in China´s southwestern city of Chongqing on Friday, injuring 14 of them, police said.
The victims were taken to hospital while guards and staff at the kindergarten restrained the attacker, said the police, adding that they were investigating.
Violent crime is rare in China compared with many other countries, especially in major cities where security is tight, but there has been a series of knife and axe attacks in recent years, many targeting children.
Such attacks are often blamed on people with mental illness or who have personal grievances. Knives are most commonly used, because gun controls are extremely strict in China.
In September, China executed a man convicted of killing nine students and injuring 11 in a knife attack at a middle school in the central province of Shaanxi.
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