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Fatal Stabbings at Shanghai World Foreign Language Primary School

Police have detained one suspect in a Shanghai stabbing incident.

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8 years ago

June 28, 2018

Manya Koetse

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Two students have died in a stabbing incident that took place in front of a Shanghai elementary school on Thursday morning, Chinese media report.

A male suspect reportedly randomly stabbed people with a knife at the Shanghai World Foreign Language Primary School (上海世外小学) at Pubei Road around 11:30 am. Three students and one adult were stabbed.

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Frankie

June 29, 2018 at 3:22 pm

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/TAycAdSqqxsDdLzQw67WpA

Candle light vigil, flower bouquets, toys and other offerings for the lost boys, but how much discussion is there about what’s driving disenfranchised people to lash out against the only people they view as weaker than they are?

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