Mentally Troubled Man Stabbing Residents In China, 8 Dead

JAKARTA - A man armed with a knife went berserk stabbing eight people to death, and injured another. This was reported by state media, on Friday, May 24, regarding the incident that occurred in central China. CCTV government media reported that the incident occurred on Thursday morning in Xiaogan City, Hubei Province. Stabbing perpetrator is a man surnamed Lu, 53 years old who has been treated for mental problems. He is now being detained by the police, who is investigating the stabbing case. Xinhua news office stated that an injured victim was not in a life-threatening condition. The crime or mass violence is relatively rare in China, a country that strictly prohibits citizens from possessing firearms. However, there has been a spate of stabbing events in China in recent years.

Earlier this week, a woman attacked two people and killed her with a fruit knife. He also injured four other people at an elementary school in Jiangxi Province. Also this month, a man attacked a number of people at a hospital in southwest China's Yunnan Province. Two people were killed and 21 others injured.