Local residents look on behind the police cordon after several kindergartners were stabbed by a woman on Oct. 26, 2018 in Chongqing, China.
A knife-wielding assailant injured 14 children at a kindergarten in the western Chinese city of Chongqing on Friday, police reported. The attacker, a 39-year-old woman, was taken into custody and no motive for the assault was immediately publicized.
Ambulance cars take injured children to a hospital after several kindergartners were stabbed by a woman on Oct. 26, 2018 in Chongqing, China.
A report posted on the police force's microblog said the attack at the Xinshiji Kindergarten in the city's outskirts took place at 9:30 a.m. as the children were returning to classes.
Police officers are seen outside the gate of a kindergarten where a woman armed with a kitchen knife attacked children, in Chongqing, China, Oct. 26, 2018.more
It said all were receiving treatment in a hospital. A doctor who answered the phone at the city's Banan People's Hospital confirmed the children were there but declined to give any details or his name, referring questions to the local government.
Police restrained the attacker, a 39-year-old woman only identified by her surname Liu. (Sina Weibo)