Knife Attack in Southern China Sparks Dispute Over Casualties, Motive

Local police say a man injured seven people in a knife attack in Guangxi, while residents claim higher casualties and a revenge motive.

Policemen on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, in an undated file photograph. Adek Berry/AFP via Getty Images

A knife attack in southern China’s Guangxi region left multiple police officers and civilians injured on May 22, according to an official police statement shared via Tencent’s Chinese news portal QQ News.

The incident occurred in Wushi Town, Luchuan County, where authorities said a 30-year-old man surnamed Wen attacked people with a knife at around 9:50 a.m., injuring two civilians and five police officers before being detained. All injured individuals were taken to the hospital for treatment, the Luchuan County Public Security Bureau said in a statement.