A man forced his way into a primary school in northeast China yesterday and stabbed and injured 12 grade-one pupils, the latest in a wave of recent school attacks in China, Xinhua news agency said.
The man, whose identity was unknown, was seized and the injured pupils taken to hospital near the school in the northeast province of Jilin, the agency said.
A series of attacks on schoolchildren in China in recent months have prompted schools in Beijing and other cities to recruit professional guards.