At least two folks had been killed and 21 others injured in a knife assault at a hospital in China on Tuesday, the authorities stated.
The stabbing occurred within the southwestern province of Yunnan at about 11:30 a.m., the police in Zhenxiong County stated in a press release. The police added that they’d arrested a person.
The assault occurred at Zhenxiong People’s Hospital, an worker at Zhenxiong County Health Bureau stated by telephone on Tuesday. She didn’t give her identify or affirm every other particulars.
Victims had been hospitalized, the police stated. No motive was given.
Knife assaults should not unusual in China, the place weapons are tightly regulated, and a few stabbing rampages have occurred in hospitals.
This is a growing story.
Li You contributed analysis.