Photo taken on May 20, 2015 shows the incident site in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. A man stabbed a child to death and injured seven people in Shenzhen on Wednesday, local authorities said. The man is suspected of suffering from a mental illness, according to the municipal public security bureau. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
A man in south China's Shenzhen City stabbed a child to death and injured another seven on Wednesday, local authorities said.
The stabbing took place at around 7 p.m. on Tianbeisi Road, 630 meters away from a psychiatric hospital. Police seized the man at the scene.
The man is suspected of suffering from a mental illness, according to the municipal public security bureau.
The injured children are all being treated in hospital.
Further investigation is underway.
