Eight children have been reportedly killed in an attack outside a school in China, on the first day back at school after the summer holidays.
According to the Police in Hubei province Central China, a 40-year-old man was arrested at the scene of the attack.
Officials say the attack took place at the Chaoyangpo Elementary School in Hubei's Enshi City. According to a statement from the local government, Yu, 40, attacked students at the school at 8 a.m. local time, when students would have been arriving for class.
Eight were killed and another two were injured. No details were given on the students' injuries or their individual ages. In China, elementary school children range in age from 6 years old to 13.
Attacks on schoolchildren in China have happened before. In October, at least 14 children at a kindergarten in Chongqing were slashed by a woman with a kitchen knife.
In April 2018, nine students were killed and others injured after a male suspect began attacking students in Shaanxi province.
September 2 marked the start of a new school semester in China after the summer break.
According to state-run tabloid Global Times, the local government is providing psychological counseling services to the students who witnessed or were injured in Monday's attack.
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