Kaiyuan stabbing attack

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Kaiyuan stabbing attack
Location Kaiyuan, Liaoning, China
Date27 December 2020
8:15 a.m.
Target Civilian passersby
Attack type
Mass stabbing
Deaths7
Injured7
AccusedYang Moufeng

On 27 December 2020, a man stabbed fourteen people in Kaiyuan, Liaoning, China, killing seven. [1] [2]

Attack

Seven people were killed and seven others injured in a mass stabbing attack near a school in Kaiyuan, in Liaoning province. As the school was closed at the time of the incident, no students or teachers were hurt. The victims were all passersby, mainly middle-aged or elderly women. The attacker then stabbed and wounded a policeman before being arrested. [3] The suspect, identified as Yang Moufeng, is a man in his sixties. [4]

References

  1. "China: Police arrest suspect in stabbing attack in Kaiyuan City, Liaoning Province, the morning of Dec. 27". GardaWorld. Garda. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. "Seven killed in random stabbing attack outside Chinese school". NY Post. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. Seven killed in knife attack in China's Liaoning province
  4. Knife-wielding man kills 7 in 'random' attack in northeast China