Update | Beijing man stabs six people to death over property dispute
In a separate incident, seven people are injured, including two children, when a farmer in Guangxi attacks three families with a chopper in his village in Qinzhou city
A man in the suburb of Beijing stabbed six people to death and injured several others over a dispute about property on Thursday, Beijing police said on weibo.
Police said the man, 34, lived in Wanghua village, Hairou district – a suburb of northern Beijing.
Police only gave out the man’s surname, Zhao, and said his family members claimed he had a history of mental illness.
The man went on a stabbing spree following a family property dispute, killing six and injuring several more in his village on Thursday afternoon. Special police force units joined local police in rushing to the scene after receiving calls from local residents. The man was arrested soon after.
People injured in the stabbing spree were rushed to a nearby hospital but police didn’t specify the exact number of people wounded.
Calls by the South China Morning Post to a local government office went unanswered on Thursday.
This is the second serious knife attack reported in China on Thursday.