S. China school attack leaves boy dead, 3 wounded

(AP)
Updated: 2007-06-14 11:40

BEIJING - An attack at a southern China primary school left a 9-year-old boy dead and three other students seriously wounded, state media reported Thursday.

Xinhua News Agency said Su Qianxiao, 42, has been arrested after he broke into the Chiling Primary School in Guangdong province's Longtang township Wednesday morning and attacked the children with a kitchen knife.

Huang Tianhao, 9, was killed, and two 7-year-old girls and a 9-year-old boy were seriously wounded, Xinhua said.

It said they were the only students at the school when the attack happened at 5:30 a.m. The first class usually begins at 7 a.m.

Xinhua said Su, a villager from the area, had been seen quarreling with Huang's parents in the past.

The agency said police were investigating, but it gave no other details.



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