Opinion | Guangdong manhunt ends with arrest of man suspected of chopping schoolchildren

Police in a Guangdong city said early on Wednesday that they had arrested a man accused of injuring six children and one woman with a butcher knife, ending a manhunt that gripped the province the evening before.

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Victims with head-wounds receive treatment at a Maoming hospital on Tuesday. Photo: Screenshot via Sina Weibo

Published: 7:58am, 22 May 2013Updated: 4:13am, 29 Aug 2013

Police in a Guangdong city said early on Wednesday that they had arrested a man accused of injuring six children and one woman with a butcher knife, ending a manhunt that gripped the province the evening before.

Police chase Liao in the early morning hours of Wednesday near Maoming. Photo: Screenshot via Sina Weibo

Maoming police shared dramatic photos of the arrest on its Sina Weibo microblog. The man, 32, surnamed Liao, has been described as mentally ill.

The attack occurred in the late afternoon in the ciy's Yangjiao township. Liao, a local, attacked the children near the Baiwu village primary school, striking their heads, police said.

Liao then fled the scene. More than 360 police officers were sent out to find the suspect. Around 2am on Wednesday police said Liao had been arrested nine kilometres outside the village.

All those injured in the attack are not in critical condition.

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