Man Injures 20 Kids with Hammer in Chinese Primary School
Children are escorted from the site of an attack at the Beijing No. 1 Affiliated Elementary School of Xuanwu Normal School in Beijing on Jan. 8, 2019. A male attacker injured 20 children inside the primary school in China's capital, officials said. Ng Han Guan/AP
BEIJING—A 49-year-old man injured 20 children with a hammer on Jan. 8 inside a primary school in China’s capital, officials said.
Three of the children have serious but non-life-threatening injuries, the Xicheng district government said on its social media account, adding that the attack took place at 11:17 a.m.