makes you wonder if this will happen in singapore eventually,
given the increase in mental illness.
Six children and a teacher were hacked to death and at least 20
others were wounded in an attack at a kindergarten in northern
China on Wednesday, a local official and state media said.
Seven dead, 20 hurt in latest China school attack
The attack -- which apparently ended with the assailant's suicide
-- was the fifth violent assault on school children in less than
two months, and comes despite a push to boost security in and
around schools across the country.
The killings took place in the city of Hanzhong in Shaanxi
province, a local official surnamed Wu, who was at the scene, told
AFP by phone.
"These are only preliminary figures," she said of the toll, adding
that local authorities would hold a press conference later in the
day.
Xinhua news agency said six children and one teacher were killed in
the attack that occurred at about 8:00 am (0000 GMT) as the school
day was about to start. All the wounded had been taken to
hospital.
"The murderer has killed himself," Xinhua quoted local official Wu
Xiaoyan as saying.
Several similar attacks on young children late last month shocked
the nation, prompting the government to beef up security at schools
throughout China over fears of possible copycat assailants.
On April 30 in the eastern province of Shandong, a farmer attacked
children with a hammer, injuring five, before fatally setting
himself on fire.
The day before, a disgruntled jobless man injured 29 children and
three adults with a knife used to slaughter pigs in an attack at a
kindergarten in the eastern city of Taixing, in neighbouring
Jiangsu province.
Earlier that same week, a 33-year-old teacher on sick leave due to
mental problems injured 15 students and a teacher in a knife attack
at a primary school in southern China's Guangdong province.
And in March, a former doctor enraged by a split with his
girlfriend stabbed eight children to death and injured five others
in Fujian province. He was executed last month.
Authorities across China have reportedly implemented measures to
strengthen security at schools, increasing police patrols near
school grounds, and boosting the monitoring of people known to be
mentally ill.
Violent crime has increased in China as tight controls on society
have been loosened in concert with the country's transition from a
state-planned to a capitalist economy.
Studies also have cited a rise in mental disorders, some linked to
stress as society becomes more fast-paced and old communist-era
supports were scrapped.
A study last year estimated that 173 million adults in China have
some type of mental disorder -- 91 percent of whom had never
received professional help.
in cardboard they'll do tis becase many city officials would have
kakis in Beijing to get rid of ppl trying to seek redress to
Beijing directly.
So they'll do ramapage to attract attention.
In Singapore I think many would just jump MRT track.
