Knife attacker kills six and injures 14 in Chinese city
- Police in Anqing say an unemployed 25-year-old has been detained over the attack, which they believe was carried out due to ‘anger’ and ‘family troubles’
- The incident was the third attack on members of the public carried out in China in recent weeks
Six people were killed and 14 wounded in a knife attack in eastern China on Saturday.
The authorities in Anqing, a city in Anhui province, said a 25-year-old unemployed man from Huaining county named Wu had been arrested over the attack.
“He killed out of anger, because of family troubles and pessimism,” the municipal government said in a statement.
As of noon on Sunday, six victims of the attack were dead and 14 others were being treated for injuries. One of the injured was in a critical condition while the other 13 were in a stable condition.
It was the third such attack in China in recent weeks.
Videos circulating on the internet show several pedestrians wounded and covered in blood on a walkway along Renmin Road in the city centre, as well as multiple bloodstains on the ground.