2 pupils killed in Shanghai knife attack

Local prosecutors are directing the investigation of a knife attack on Thursday in downtown Shanghai that killed two boys and left another boy and a parent wounded, the Shanghai People's Procuratorate said.

At 11:31 am, the pupils and the parent were walking from the school, Shanghai World Foreign Language Primary School in Xuhui district, when a man attacked them with a cleaver, or a traditional chef's knife with a large chopping blade.

The two boys died on their way to the hospital. Another boy and the parent managed to get away with non-life-threatening injuries, according to local police. The attack lasted less than five minutes.