Across China: Hebei

Attack at village meeting

A man stabbed the village head and set off explosives at a village meeting in Chenjiatun village in Zhuozhou, Hebei province, on Saturday afternoon. Thirteen people, including the suspect, Zhang Hongtian, were injured.

Victims of the attack were sent to the Zhuozhou City Hospital for medical treatment. Zhang Hongpu, the village head who was stabbed, was put in intensive care.