Guard in China Injures 39 in Attack at Elementary School

Guard in China Injures 39 in Attack at Elementary School
People light candles during a vigil at the site of a knife attack which left two children dead in Shanghai, China, on June 28, 2018. - /AFP via Getty Images
Reuters
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BEIJING—An elementary school guard in China injured 39 people in a knife attack on Thursday with many children among the victims, a state office and media reported.

Two of the injured were severely hurt in the attack in the southwestern region of Guangxi, the county-level propaganda office said on its social media account. Others sustained light injuries and no one was critically hurt, it said.