Pingxiang kindergarten attack: Children stabbed by man who scaled wall in China

A MAN in China has scaled a wall and stabbed 11 children at a kindergarten, with five of the kids seriously injured.

A man has stabbed 11 kids at a kindergarten in China. Picture: Supplied

LOCAL authorities in southern China say an attacker has stabbed 11 children at a kindergarten, and five of them are seriously injured.

A statement from the Pingxiang city government’s information office said the suspect “sneaked into” their school by climbing over a wall and stabbed 11 children.

Five have serious injuries.

The statement cited the Pingxiang public security bureau.

The city government said police rushed to the scene and detained the 41-year-old suspect and rushed the children to the hospital. It said no child had life-threatening injuries.

The Chinese city of Pingxiang Google Maps where kindergarten kids were stabbed. Picture: Google Maps

In recent years China has had several incidents of attackers entering schools and stabbing children, mostly carried out by people with vendettas against society.

A man stabbed 10 children outside the gates of Yang Fan Primary School in the city of Haikou before killing himself last February.

Back in April 2010, Xu Yuyuan, 47, stabbed 29 schoolchildren and three teachers in Taixing city. He was later sentenced to death for the attack.

He told a court that his motive was to “vent his rage against society”, the state run Xinhua news agency reported at the time.