Knife attack at a vocational school in eastern China leaves 8 dead and 17 injured

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese police say eight people have been killed and 17 others injured in a stabbing attack at a vocational school in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi. Police said in a statement that the attack happened Saturday at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology at around 6:30 p.m. The suspect, a 21-year-old male student surnamed Xu, was detained on site. Police said Wu had failed his examinations and could not graduate, and that he was dissatisfied about his pay from an internship. The attack comes days after a man drove his car into people at a sports facility in the southern city of Zhuhai, leaving 35 people dead and injuring 43 others.