Eight killed and 17 injured in mass stabbing in eastern China

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1Eight people were killed and 17 others injured in a stabbing attack on a college campus in eastern China on Saturday, police said — the latest in a recent spate of attacks that has shaken a nation long used to low rates of violent crime.

2The attack took place around 6:30 p.m at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in the city of Yixing, according to a police statement.

3Video verified by CNN shows several people lying motionless on the ground, some of them surrounded by onlookers as screams are heard in the background.

4A suspect detained at the scene was a recent graduate who was motivated by “failing (an) exam, not receiving a graduation certificate, and dissatisfaction with internship compensation,” police said. 5An investigation is ongoing.

6The attack is the latest mass casualty incident to hit China — a country of 1.4 billion that has one of the lowest rates of violent crime in the world, partly due to its strict gun controls and powerful mass surveillance.

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10Last Monday, 35 people were killed after a car plowed into people who were exercising in the southern city of Zhuhai in the country’s deadliest known attack on the public in a decade. 11Around 40 others were injured.

12As news of that attack spread, censors swooped in to take down online videos of the attack and moderate social media discussions

13In October, police arrested a 50-year-old man after a stabbing attack near an elementary school in Beijing injured five people, including three children.

14In September, three people were killed and 15 others injured in a knife attack at a suburban supermarket in Shanghai.

15Also in September, a bus crashed into a crowd of students and parents outside a school in Tai’an city in Shandong province, killing 11 people and injuring 13 others. 16Chinese authorities did not reveal whether that incident was accidental or deliberate.

17This story has been updated with additional information. 18CNN’s Edward Szekeres contributed reporting.

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