Five Injured In Mass Stabbing Near One Of Beijing's Best Elementary Schools

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JAKARTA - At least five people were injured, including three children under the public as a result of a mass stabbing in Beijing, China on Monday, the state television report CCTV quoted police as saying.

A rare stabbing in Beijing occurred at around 3:20 p.m. local time near the intersection of Wanquanzhuang Street and Wanliu Zhong Street in Haidian District, the report said.

The suspect, a 50-year-old man surnamed Tang, was stationed under police control, and five pedestrians injured in the attack were taken to hospital.

None of their life-threatening injuries, the report added, with the investigation continuing.

The location of the attack was where one of the branches of the Zhongguancun Elementary School No.3 was located. Social media uploads say the stabbing took place outside the school gate, which has yet to be confirmed by local police or state media.

The school, one of Beijing's best primary schools, has not responded to the incident.

The recent increase in reports of knife attacks in major cities in China has attracted public attention to private safety in public places.

The victims also included foreign nationals, such as a Japanese student who was stabbed to death outside his school in Shenzhen some time ago, while China was trying to show his positive image to the world and attract more foreign tourists and visitors after the pandemic.