Chinese man arrested after boy, 10, stabbed to death at school
Suspect told police he was seeking revenge because he thought the boy had bullied his daughter
A 10-year-old boy was stabbed to death at a primary school in eastern China in an attack local police believe was carried out by the father of one of his classmates.
A 36-year-old man was arrested at the scene after the incident at the Longshan Experimental Primary School in the city of Ruian in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, on Friday afternoon.
He told officers he had gone to the school with a fruit knife looking for the boy, local police said in a statement. The man said he was seeking revenge on the boy after his daughter returned home from school two days earlier, saying the boy had hit her in the eye during class, according to the statement.
“The suspect … said his daughter had a painful eye after an argument with [the boy] at school on Wednesday,” the police statement said. “[He] was angry at the boy, so he brought a fruit knife to the school to seek revenge and hurt [the child].”
Police found the boy collapsed on the floor of a bathroom at the school after responding to emergency calls late on Friday afternoon, news portal Sina.com.cn reported on Monday.
He had multiple knife wounds and a slash to the neck and was rushed to hospital, where he was pronounced dead three hours after the attack.