Eight young children were killed in an attack at a school in the eastern Chinese province of Hubel. 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 a.m. local time, when students would have been arriving for class. He is in police custody.Eight were killed and another two were injured. No details were given on the students' injuries or their individual ages. In China, elementary school children range in age from 6 years old to 13.
Read MoreA separate statement by the Enshi City police was originally posted on Chinese social media site Weibo but was later removed without explanation. The hashtag"school criminal case in Hubei" had gained 120 million views on Weibo as of Tuesday morning.Attacks on schoolchildren in China have happened before. In October, at least 14 children at a kindergarten in Chongqing were slashed by a woman with a kitchen knife.
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