AGENCIES: Eight young children died an another two sustained injuries in a school attack in the central Chinese province of Hubei. It was their first day of class.
The attack took place at the Chaoyangpo Elementary School in Hubei’s Enshi City. According to a statement from the local government, a 40-year-old man surnamed Yu attacked students at the school at 8 am local time (Monday), when students would have been arriving for class. He is in police custody.
In China, elementary school children range in age from 6 years old to 13.
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