At least eight dead after student goes on rampage at university after ‘failing exam’

At least eight people died after a man stabbed at a school. Chinese.

A 21-year-old man was identified as being behind the attack in Yixing City in the country’s eastern Jiangsu province on Saturday.

It was stated that 17 more people were injured in the attack on Wuxi Vocational School. university Department of Arts and Technology.

The man was arrested by police and was said to be a former student of the university and goes by the surname Xu locally.

Police said he failed his exams, failed to graduate and was unhappy with his internship salary.

Xu is said to have confessed to the murders.

“According to preliminary investigations, the suspect… attacked others after failing the exam and not receiving his graduation certificate, and was also dissatisfied with his internship compensation,” Yixing Public Security Bureau said in a statement. he said.

A man who came to leave a bouquet of chrysanthemums near the school gate and gave his surname as Duan said, “They were just 18-19 years old. It’s a shame and a shame.”

“We really need to provide better psychological guidance to young people,” he added.

The security quickly lifted the bouquet.

Also on Saturday, authorities in the southern Chinese city Zhuhai He said that they filed a criminal complaint against a 62-year-old man Reuters report.

He crashed his car into a crowd outside a sports stadium Monday night, killing 35 people and injuring 43, authorities said.

According to the few details released by police, in both cases the suspects committed lethal violence against unrelated bystanders after suffering economic loss.

The events appear to have received little coverage in the Chinese media.