China school knife attack kills at least 8, wounds 17, days after fatal car attack killed dozens

Eight people were killed and 17 others wounded Saturday in a knife attack at a vocational school in eastern China, and the suspect — a former student — has been arrested, police said.

The attack took place in the evening at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in the city of Yixing in Jiangsu province, police in Yixing said in a statement, confirming the toll.

This was the second incident of fatal violence in China in a matter of days.