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Phoebe Zhang

Police in eastern China have detained a fugitive wanted over the deaths of three people and the wounding of at least six others at a kindergarten in Jiangxi province on Wednesday.
The suspect was caught in Wanan county about 130km (80 miles) from the crime scene late on Wednesday night after authorities offered a 100,000 yuan (US$14,790) for information, Anfu county police said in an online post.
Anfu police said on Wednesday that a 48-year-old county resident, Liu Xiaohui, stormed the private kindergarten that morning before fleeing.
The police did not offer details about the victims or how the suspect attacked them.

An unconfirmed viral video showed police officers carrying children to an ambulance parked near the kindergarten on Wednesday morning.
Online news outlet Red Star News quoted a staff member at Anfu People’s Hospital as saying that about 10 children had been sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.
On Thursday, the Jiangxi Department of Education ordered all school campuses to investigate safety hazards, heighten security and solve any school-related conflicts, to prevent them from escalating to a criminal act.
Members of the public paid tribute to the victims by leaving flowers at the kindergarten.
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In late June, Jiangxi police began a 100-day campaign to crack down on serious crimes in the province.
In a statement last week, police said they had investigated 5,023 cases and arrested more than 11,000 suspects since the campaign began. They also solved 2,044 cases of internet fraud, more than 140 kidnapping and rape cases and found seven missing children, the statement said.
Meanwhile, other cities across China have launched their own crime-fighting campaigns.
In the northern city of Tangshan, Hebei province, more than 72,000 suspects have been caught in a similar blitz. The crackdown was launched after a notorious incident in June, when a group of men attacked and beat several women who were dining at a local barbecue restaurant.


Violent attacks have happened before at Chinese kindergartens. Last year, 16 pupils and two teachers were wounded in an attack in Beilu, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
In 2020, Li Xiaowen, a 50-year-old security guard who worked at a primary school in Wuzhou, Guangxi, injured 41 adults and children with a knife.
A few months later, Li was sentenced to death for murder. The Wuzhou Intermediate People’s Court said Li wanted revenge after he had an argument with a colleague and the school principal over work and leave.


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Education authorities order schools to increase security