A 25-year-old man was suspected of attacking a kindergarten in China's Guangdong province on Monday killing six people and injuring one, police said.
Media reported the attack in Lianjiang county was a stabbing. The suspect, with the surname Wu and from Lianjiang, had been detained, police said, adding they were investigating.
"The victims include one teacher, two parents and three students," a spokeswoman for the city government said.
She did not offer details about the identities and age of the victims, nor on the weapon used in the attack.
The incident happened around 7.40 am, the state-backed China News Network reported.
A local news outlet cited an unidentified witness as saying the attacker’s child had been struck earlier by the car of one of the people who was killed at the school.
The report said a video posted online showed a man carrying a knife walking past the kindergarten playground. It said other video showed at least four people in a pool of blood outside the school.
Some social media users called for the suspect to face the death penalty.
"It's outrageous to do this to children who have no power at all. How many families will be destroyed by this ... I support the death penalty," one Weibo user said.
Another user questioned security at schools, especially after similar previous attacks.
"Why do such cases still continue to emerge?"
China strictly prohibits citizens from owning firearms, and there has been a spate of stabbings in recent years.
Fatal attacks specifically targeting schools have occurred nationwide, prompting authorities to step up security around schools.
(Reuters, AP and AFP)
