2 fatalities in Guizhou knife attack
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A man said to be mentally ill attacked 20 people with a knife in southwest China, killing two, authorities said.
The suspect, identified as Chen Guangliang, 30, was detained following Sunday afternoon’s attack along a roadway in Guizhou Province, according to a statement posted on a local government website.
Two of the 20 injured people taken to a hospital died, the Zhenning County public security bureau said. The remaining 18 were in stable condition yesterday, authorities said.
Chen’s father told authorities that his son had a history of mental illness. Prior to the attack, Chen attempted to set fire to a gas station, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
Several high-profile stabbings over the past decade have been blamed on perpetrators who were reportedly mentally ill, calling attention to the dearth of mental health services in China, particularly in rural areas.
In January, a man armed with a kitchen knife stabbed 11 children at a kindergarten in China’s southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
In February last year, a knife-wielding assailant wounded 10 children in Haikou, in the southern island province of Hainan, before committing suicide.
In 2014, state media reported that a man stabbed three children and a teacher to death and wounded several others in a rampage at a primary school that refused to enrol his daughter.
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