A knife-wielding man injured 28 children, two teachers and a security guard in a kindergarten in southern China, the fourth such stabbing case in recent weeks.
Xu Yuyuan (47) an unemployed local man, broke into a classroom in Taixing city of eastern Jiangsu province this morning, attacking the children with a 20cm long knife.
The injured children were all about four years old, and five are in critical condition.
Mr Yuyuan has been jobless since he was fired from a local insurance company in 2001, and then took part in pyramid selling schemes.
The attack is the fourth reported school stabbing in China in recent weeks, and the rash of violence has prompted public calls for more measures to protect students in a country where many couples only have one child.
A man stabbed 16 students and a teacher at a primary school in southern China yesterday, the same day that a former doctor was executed for stabbing to death eight school children last month.
Reuters