
A 21-year-old male student with the surname Xu is accused of stabbing 25 people at a vocational school in the Chinese city of Wuxi. 8 people died as a result of the stabbings. The suspect was allegedly upset at his failed examination, which led to him not being graduated, which led to him landing an internship for low pay. The CCP quickly removed the viral videos that showed the stabbing victims from the internet, along with any mention of the incident.
Eight killed, 17 injured in mass stabbing at Chinese school – 1news.co.nz
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A stabbing attack at a vocational school in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi has left eight people dead and 17 others injured, local police said.
The attack took place at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in Yixing, a smaller city within Wuxi, at around 6.30pm on Saturday (local time), the Yixing police said in a statement.
The suspect, a 21-year old male student surnamed Xu, was detained on site.
Police said he had failed his examinations, could not graduate, and that he was dissatisfied about his pay at an internship. He decided to vent his frustrations via the attack, the statement said.
Videos circulating on Western social media platforms such as X showed injured people lying on the street after the attack while others rushed to help. On Chinese social media platforms such as Weibo, keyword searches of the attack turn up the police statement but no videos or images related to the attack.