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Eight children have been hurt after a staff member at a day care centre for the children of migrant workers in China's eastern city of Shanghai went on a stabbing spree, local media said
Eight children have been hurt after a staff member at a day care centre for the children of migrant workers in China's eastern city of Shanghai went on a stabbing spree, local media said
The female worker used a box cutter to slash at children aged between three and four years old at the "Little Happiness Star" nursery in an eastern suburb of Shanghai, the Xinmin Evening News said on its website.
"Adults and children were all screaming 'Help'," it quoted one witness as saying.
The incident was the latest in a series of violent attacks against children that have forced the authorities to increase security and brought calls for further investigation into the root causes of such acts in China's schools.
The suspect, who is believed to have suffered from psychiatric problems, has been detained by police, the newspaper said. Her name was not given.
