Chinese Man Allegedly Kills 8 Students With Knife on First Day of School

Chinese schoolchildren attended class at the Shiniuzhai Puan Center Primary School in Pingjiang County in China's Hunan Province, on the first day back to school after the national holidays. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images

A Chinese man is accused of killing eight elementary school students on the first day of school in the country’s Hubei Province.

Police said the attack took place at 8 a.m. on Monday in Chaoyangpo village of Enshi city, CNN reported.