7 students stabbed to death in China

By Fuat Kabakci

BEIJING

At least seven were killed and 12 others injured in a stabbing attack outside a school in Mizhi County in China, according to Xinhua news agency.

The incident took place near a secondary school in the central Shaanxi province as the students were heading home.

The male attacker was arrested soon after he stabbed seven students to death and injured 12 others.

Security forces have launched an investigation into the attack.