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Death toll in NW China knife attack rises to 9

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2018-04-28 08:35chinadaily.com.cn/Xinhua Editor: Li Yan ECNS App Download

Updated at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 28

The death toll rose to nine in a knife attack near a middle school in Northwest China's Shaanxi province on Friday, local police said on Saturday.

The incident occurred at around 6:10 pm Friday near the No 3 Middle School in Mizhi County. Of the dead victims, seven were female and two male, according to the local government.

A male suspect has been detained. The injured are receiving treatment in hospital.

Further investigation is ongoing.

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Seven middle school students died and another 12 were injured after being attacked after school at about 6:10 pm on Friday in Mizhi, Shaanxi province, the local government said.

Among the dead were five girls and two boys, and the 12 wounded - nine girls and three boys - are receiving emergency treatment at the hospital, according to a government statement. All the students are from No 3 Middle School of Mizhi County.

The suspect, surnamed Zhao, was arrested. Born Jan 20 1990, Zhao is a local resident and once studied at No 3 Middle School of Mizhi County. He told the police that he was bullied by schoolmates while studying at the school and wanted revenge, according to the county's public security bureau.

  

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