A knife attack near a school in Beijing injures 5 people, including 3 children

BEIJING, China -- A weapon onslaught adjacent a schoolhouse successful China’s superior connected Monday injured 5 people, including 3 children, constabulary said.

The onslaught occurred astatine midafternoon successful Beijing's northwestern Haidian district. None of nan injuries was life threatening, constabulary said successful a statement. A 50-year-old fishy surnamed Tang was detained astatine nan segment and is nether investigation, it said.

The location of nan onslaught fixed by nan connection is adjacent a celebrated superior school.

Video circulating connected societal media showed 2 school-aged children connected nan ground. Another image showed a man pinch humor connected his look being held to nan ground.

Multiple weapon attacks person occurred successful China this year, including respective involving schoolhouse children.

Last month, a 10-year-old Japanese student died aft being attacked pinch a weapon adjacent his schoolhouse successful nan confederate metropolis of Shenzhen. Another onslaught successful June astatine a schoolhouse autobus extremity for a Japanese school successful Suzhou injured a female and her child. A Chinese female who tried to intervene was killed.

In early October, 3 group were killed and 15 others were wounded successful a knife onslaught successful a Shanghai supermarket.

China tightly restricts backstage weapon ownership, making knives and homemade explosives among nan astir communal weapons.