[Zambini]

BEIJING A man wielding a knife attacked students Friday at a school in central China, leaving 22 children and one adult injured, according to state-run media reports.

The attack occurred at the gate of an elementary school in the village of Chengping, in Henan Province. Police arrested the attacker, who they identified as local resident Min Yingjun, 36.

Children as young as six were among those hospitalized after the attack, suffering injuries including slashes to the ears and head.

An official at Guangshan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, the local facility, told CBS News at least two students had been transferred to the larger city of Wuhan, not far from Chengping, for treatment. The editor of the local newspaper which first reported the story said none of the children had injuries severe enough to threaten their lives.

The attack marks the latest in a series of violent assaults at elementary schools in China. In 2010, a total of 18 children were killed in four separate attacks. On March 23 of that year, Zheng Minsheng attacked children at an elementary school in Fujian Province, killing eight.

One month later, just a few hours after Zheng Minsheng was executed for his crime, another man, Chen Kanbing wounded 16 students and a teacher in a knife attack at another primary school in Fujian. The following month, on May 12, a man named Wu Huangming killed seven children and two adults with a meat cleaver at a kindergarten in Shaanxi Province. That attack was followed by an August 4 assault by Fang Jiantang, who killed three children and one teacher with a knife at a kindergarten in Shandong Province.

In 2011, a young girl and three adults were killed with an axe at an elementary school in Henan Province by a 30-year-old man named Wang Hongbin, and eight children were hurt in Shanghai after an employee at a child care center attacked them with a box cutter.

Some Chinese bloggers have blamed the lack of freedom of expression for the attacks, suggesting people frustrated by their own circumstances but lacking the means to seek justice or voice their concerns with the all-powerful communist government, lash out instead at the least powerful members of society.

China's lack of mental health care facilities may also be partly to blame for the attacks. There are almost no mental health care facilities in rural communities, which have experienced dramatic changes over the last several years as China's economy has grown.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-...es-23-injured/

It appears crazy people are worldwide

[Megamel29]

That's awful. I guess we never know when someone will just flip their lid and go stab crazy.

[K9Grip]

Crazy IS all around the world. I agree 110%.

[Zambini]

Originally Posted by Zambini ↗

BEIJING A man wielding a knife attacked students Friday at a school in central China, leaving 22 children and one adult injured, according to state-run media reports.

The attack occurred at the gate of an elementary school in the village of Chengping, in Henan Province. Police arrested the attacker, who they identified as local resident Min Yingjun, 36.

Children as young as six were among those hospitalized after the attack, suffering injuries including slashes to the ears and head.

An official at Guangshan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, the local facility, told CBS News at least two students had been transferred to the larger city of Wuhan, not far from Chengping, for treatment. The editor of the local newspaper which first reported the story said none of the children had injuries severe enough to threaten their lives.

The attack marks the latest in a series of violent assaults at elementary schools in China. In 2010, a total of 18 children were killed in four separate attacks. On March 23 of that year, Zheng Minsheng attacked children at an elementary school in Fujian Province, killing eight.

One month later, just a few hours after Zheng Minsheng was executed for his crime, another man, Chen Kanbing wounded 16 students and a teacher in a knife attack at another primary school in Fujian. The following month, on May 12, a man named Wu Huangming killed seven children and two adults with a meat cleaver at a kindergarten in Shaanxi Province. That attack was followed by an August 4 assault by Fang Jiantang, who killed three children and one teacher with a knife at a kindergarten in Shandong Province.

In 2011, a young girl and three adults were killed with an axe at an elementary school in Henan Province by a 30-year-old man named Wang Hongbin, and eight children were hurt in Shanghai after an employee at a child care center attacked them with a box cutter.

Some Chinese bloggers have blamed the lack of freedom of expression for the attacks, suggesting people frustrated by their own circumstances but lacking the means to seek justice or voice their concerns with the all-powerful communist government, lash out instead at the least powerful members of society.

China's lack of mental health care facilities may also be partly to blame for the attacks. There are almost no mental health care facilities in rural communities, which have experienced dramatic changes over the last several years as China's economy has grown.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-...es-23-injured/

It appears crazy people are worldwide

Personally, i would rather be shot than killed by an axe, meat cleaver or box cutter

[kellyhound]

crazy trend to target the young and innocent

[kellyhound]

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[SalemSaberhagen]

Horrific. But at least, because it was a knife and not a gun, those 22 schoolchildren are only *injured*. Not dead. If it were a gun, they would not be merely 'injured'. 22 schoolchildren in China live.

[Zambini]

Originally Posted by SalemSaberhagen ↗

Horrific. But at least, because it was a knife and not a gun, those 22 schoolchildren are only *injured*. Not dead. If it were a gun, they would not be merely 'injured'. 22 schoolchildren in China live.

It is noted how you ignored mentioning the murdered ones in order to further your Anti america/gun agenda.

[SalemSaberhagen]

Originally Posted by Zambini ↗

It is noted how you ignored mentioning the murdered ones in order to further your Anti america/gun agenda.

In discussing the topic of the article, my point stands. 2012 mass shooting vs 2012 mass knifing. That is the topic. Those children are still alive. Because it takes more time to kill with a knife than a gun. This is a very simply concept. Not hard to understand. But in your desperate attempt to prove that 'crazy people exist worldwide', you missed the entire point of the article and left it wide open for those like me.

[Zambini]

No, you have demonstrated quite well that crazy people exist worldwide, you are one sick bastard to use this event to attack and insult the American people, so fuck you