Another mass attack in China: Several children injured as car rams school gate in Hunan
A number of children were injured on Tuesday morning after a vehicle hit the entry gate of Yong’an Elementary School in the city of Changde
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Many children were injured in China’s Hunan province after a vehicle hit the entry gate of an elementary school on Tuesday morning.
The incident happened around 8 am (local time) where students were entering Yong’an Elementary School in the city of Changde for classes.
“Many schoolchildren were injured, the specific casualties are being investigated,” state broadcaster CCTV said.
It is, however, not clear yet whether the vehicle had lost control or it was a deliberate attack.
Video of incident goes viral
A video, allegedly of the incident, circulating on social media platforms showed the aftermath of the crash, with children running in panic and several people lying injured on the ground.
“Help! Help!”
Students scream and run inside their school as a car rams into the crowd.
Today, at Yong’an Primary School in Dingcheng District, Changde City, Hunan Province, China (湖南常德鼎城区永安小学).
Casualties are unknown at the moment.
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Another showed which is creating a buzz on Chinese social media showed a bloodied man being beaten by passersby as he lay on the ground next to an SUV.
Schools in China subject to numerous attacks
Chinese schools have been subject to numerous attacks by people armed with knives or using vehicles as weapons.
On Sunday, a stabbing attack at a vocational school in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi left eight people dead and 17 others injured.
On Monday (November 11), 35 people were killed and 43 others were injured after a man drove his car into people at a sports facility in the southern city of Zhuhai.
Three people were killed and 15 others were injured in a knife attack in a Shanghai supermarket in September. Investigating the incident, police said that the suspect had personal financial disputes and came to Shanghai to “vent his anger.”
In the same month, a Japanese schoolboy died after being stabbed on his way to school in the southern city of Shenzhen.
With inputs from agencies.
