China: Man stabs/wounds 22 children and one adult outside of a school
 

http://news.ca.msn.com/world/china-s...schoolchildren

A knife-wielding man injured 22 children and one adult outside a primary school in central China as students were arriving for classes Friday, police said, the latest in a series of periodic rampage attacks at Chinese schools and kindergartens.

The attack in the Henan province village of Chengping happened shortly before 8 a.m., said a police officer from Guangshan county, where the village is located.

The attacker, 36-year-old villager Min Yingjun, is now in police custody, said the officer, who declined to give her name, as is customary among Chinese civil servants.

A Guangshan county hospital administrator said the man first attacked an elderly woman, then students, before being subdued by security guards who have been posted across China following a spate of school attacks in recent years. He said there were no deaths among the nine students admitted, although two badly injured children had been transferred to better-equipped hospitals outside the county.

A doctor at Guangshan's hospital of traditional Chinese medicine said that seven students had been admitted, but that none were seriously injured.

Neither the hospital administrator nor the doctor would give his name.

Children likely between 6-11 years old

It was not clear how old the injured children were, but Chinese primary school pupils are generally 6-11 years old.

A notice posted on the Guangshan county government's website confirmed the number of injured and said an emergency response team had been set up to investigate the attacks.

No motive was given for the stabbings, which echo a string of similar assaults against schoolchildren in 2010 that killed nearly 20 and wounded more than 50. The most recent such attack took place in August, when a knife-wielding man broke into a middle school in the southern city of Nanchang and stabbed two students before fleeing.

Most of the attackers have been mentally disturbed men involved in personal disputes or unable to adjust to the rapid pace of social change in China, underscoring grave weaknesses in the antiquated Chinese medical system's ability to diagnose and treat psychiatric illness.

In one of the worst incidents, a man described as an unemployed, middle-aged doctor killed eight children with a knife in March 2010 to vent his anger over a thwarted romantic relationship.

Knife control

The knife culture in China is uncontrollable

Typical. The US does something, and China immediately produces a low quality imitation.

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So you're saying a spree attack of a similar nature, sans a gun, resulted in significantly less loss of life?

Those two dozen kids who will have more birthdays and grow up and have their own families sure did prove your point.

On a more serious note, what the **** is wrong with this planet today?

I wish the Vulcans would make first contact already.

China sounds like an awesome place to live.

Then go live in the luxurious non-violent paradise that is the People's Republic of China.

We still have to conduct World War III and kill each other first.

"Every major city destroyed, very few governments left, 600 million dead." - Captain Riker.

I hate these threads. I come to Chiefs Planet to avoid news.

If you think I don't desperately want out of this completely broken country and even more toxic society for the relative sanity of a long list of countries, you're just precious. China's not really on that list, but the GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WOOOOOOOOOORLD USA #1 FOREVER doesn't blow it out of the water or anything.

Well this is an unusual story. Hardly ever hear of a mass killing via knife. The uniqueness of it should not be lost.

You could leave today. Put on your hiking boots and get motivated.

Last time I checked no one was keeping you here at gun point.

Hell, I get most of my news from Chiefsplanet. Thinking back over the past few years, the only major stories I can think of that I didn't get from here were 9/11 and Sadaam being captured.
On 9/11 I happened to be watching the boob tube during a break in class and during the capture I was in Iraq.

There's this crazy little thing called "immigration law" that I kind of have to deal with first. It's SLIGHTLY complicated.

But then, fantasy-land solutions to real life problems do seem to be what you guys deal in. Thanks for the consistency, at least.

Nothing “fantasy” about it. You could leave this very minute.
Immigration issues can be worked out after the fact but I realize excuses are easier than facing the reality of it.

This is totally irrelevant, but just as an example of how ignorant and full of bluster you are:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=immigration+requirements+sweden

Says the guy that thinks a national gun prohibition will solve all of our problems.

If only anyone was killed.

So Sweden is the only place you can go?
The problem with your leaving is still on your motivation.

Hey cool, look how many things you got wrong in one sentence! Great job!

What country was it a few years ago the guy went on shooting spree at the political camp for kids?

Norway.

Norway, last year.

Yea thats right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Norway_attacks

Seems more conservative gun laws in Europe made it more difficult for him to obtain weapons but he was able to get them eventually.

I hate you for making me laugh about something like this.

This

From then article:

"No motive was given for the stabbings, which echo a string of similar assaults against schoolchildren in 2010 that killed nearly 20 and wounded more than 50. The most recent such attack took place in August, when a knife-wielding man broke into a middle school in the southern city of Nanchang and stabbed two students before fleeing."


Is nearly twenty dead people enough for you?

From the same article:

He said there were no deaths among the nine students admitted, although two badly injured children had been transferred to better-equipped hospitals outside the county.

So, in this particular incident, NOBODY was killed.

That's not my contention. The fact is that people were killed by knives in a stabbing spree perpetrated against children. There have been several of these attacks. We'd do more of a service to our kids to find out why these attacks happen than react primarily to the choice of weapon.

LMAO

In my defense, I wouldn't have gone there if it wasn't a really funny joke.

The end is near

ROFL

IKUT YU has been detained for questions.

Agreed, but also not what I was contending. She called this incident a mass killing when in fact, nobody was killed.

They ran out of rock. That is why the calendar abruptly ended.

BTW here's the fuller info on those attacks. At least you can't fault the chinese judicial system for moving too slowly....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Ch...school_attacks

Delicious

At least it took a year to reach twenty with knives, not a period of recess or a movie preview.

Yup, true. I'm a little on edge and probably still in a bit of shock from the school shooting. I guess I'm still lumping a lot of these attacks together, trying to make peace with the whole thing. She's probably doing the same thing.

No worries, I know you mean well. You'd be surprised at how closely we agree on this.

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IF YOU DONT LIKE 'MERICA, YOU CAN GET THE F OUT!!!!

Coming from a guy with an engine in his avatar no less. I guess cliches are cliches for a reason.