3 children, 1 teacher killed in China kindergarten attack

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3 children, 1 teacher killed in China kindergarten attack
CHINA - 4 AUGUST 2010

BEIJING — A knife-wielding man went on a slashing rampage in a kindergarten in eastern China, leaving three children and one teacher dead in the country's latest school attack, area residents said Wednesday.

The official Xinhua News Agency said police had detained a 26-year-old man who had confessed.

Officials refused to release details of the attack, saying they feared reports could inspire copycat killers. The assault was among the worst in a spate of gory rampages this year in schools and in public spaces that have left dozens of people dead and scores wounded.

The assailant entered the Boshan District Experimental Kindergarten's Jinfengyuan branch in a suburb of Zibo in Shandong province at about 4 p.m. Tuesday as parents were picking up their children, according to people living nearby contacted by telephone.


Source: Associated Press

 

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3 children, 1 teacher killed in China kindergarten attack
CHINA - 4 AUGUST 2010

BEIJING — A knife-wielding man went on a slashing rampage in a kindergarten in eastern China, leaving three children and one teacher dead in the country's latest school attack, area residents said Wednesday.

The official Xinhua News Agency said police had detained a 26-year-old man who had confessed.

Officials refused to release details of the attack, saying they feared reports could inspire copycat killers. The assault was among the worst in a spate of gory rampages this year in schools and in public spaces that have left dozens of people dead and scores wounded.

The assailant entered the Boshan District Experimental Kindergarten's Jinfengyuan branch in a suburb of Zibo in Shandong province at about 4 p.m. Tuesday as parents were picking up their children, according to people living nearby contacted by telephone.


Source: Associated Press

Lunatic, why targeting the children. This rampage has to be stopped.

2 years ago, in Shanghai there was one man attacked a police station with knife. Wounded 10 police which 6 of them died afterward.
6 police officers slain in Shanghai - Los Angeles Times

 

[below_freezing]

it is not possible to stop lunatics unless we have armed guards at every school which would severely hurt the children's psychological development. in general we grow up in a violence free society with the most severe things being occasional knife fights between gangs, we can't just put police everywhere.

the best thing to do is simple changes like student-parent identity cards to automatically be allowed in/out the gate and a free psychological helpline for unemployed people, just like the one for students that failed their exams.

 

[CardSharp]

The regular police are being armed now.

This new revolver has appeared in 2006 as a future armament for various elements of Chinese Police which previously were unarmed - such as traffic police, local municipal police etc. Since proposed users are mostly unfamiliar with modern small arms, it is reasonable to issue a weapon which is most simple in use - that is, the double action revolver. The ammunition, which is apparently based on old and rather anemic .38 S&W (9x20R) round, retains enough muzzle energy to pose a threat to any unprotected low-grade criminal at short ranges; and even if this gun will fail into wrong hands, any police body armor will be able to stop the bullet.