Sixth Killing Spree in China

Gu Qing』er & Gu Xiaohua
Epoch Times Staff

A man with a meat cleaver broke into a kindergarten in China』s Shaanxi Province on May 12, killing nine and injuring 11 before returning home to commit suicide.

「The Kindergarten teacher and the teacher』s mother were killed," a villager, surnamed Wu, told The Epoch Times.

"Several small children were killed, and the murderer committed suicide. He just used a kitchen knife to kill people. Those who were injured are being treated in the hospital.」

The personal account validates Chinese state media announcements, which said a Linchang Village man killed seven children and two adults, and injured another 11 kids before committing suicide at home.

Wu said that by 8 a.m., most of the children arrived at the kindergarten. Three of the children had not shown up yet, so the door was open. The murder took advantage of this opportunity locked himself inside with the children.

Located in Linchang Village, Nanzheng County, in China』s northwestern Province of Shaanxi, the small kindergarten is a privately-run provision with 23 children. There was no security guard stationed at the school.

Following the murders, villagers rushed to save the remaining children and called the police.

「About 50 to 60 police cars and village leaders』 cars arrived at around 9 a.m. [Wednesday] and blocked the roads in the village. Of course, they came too late. But the police cars were still on the street. They blocked the streets,」 Wu said.

The surviving children were sent to hospital.

By time the police arrived at the scene of the crime, the murderer had already committed suicide at his own home. According to Wu, the murderer』s home was about 50 meters away from the kindergarten. His family allegedly lived in reasonably good conditions, making a moderate income from selling saplings.

The killer's son is in currently in college, and he had an elderly mother and an adopted child, according to Wu.

This incident marks the sixth school killing in China in less than two months, sending an unnerving message about the safety of children and the overall civil unrest highlighting violent at an all time peak and becoming more rampant.