Knife-wielding hijacker uses bus as ram in Fujian

Eight people died and 22 were injured after a man armed with a knife stabbed people and hijacked a bus that he used to ram passersby and vehicles in Longyan, Fujian province on Tuesday afternoon, Xinhua News Agency reported.

A witness was quoted as saying that the suspect used the bus as a weapon against pedestrians and vehicles in a 400-meter stretch of Denggao Middle Road to Jiuyi South Road in the city's Xinluo district.

Local police took a suspect into custody surnamed Qiu, 48, who is unemployed and lives in Xinluo district.