At least eight children have been reportedly stabbed to death in a knife attack during the opening of classes at a primary school in China's central province of Hubei, Aljazeera reports.
The South China Morning Post quoted local authorities on Tuesday as saying that a 40-year-old suspect named Yu had been detained following the attack on Monday.
Two other children were reported injured and were taken to hospital.
The attack took place at Chaotangpo Primary School in the town of Baiyangping, in Hubei province, but the motive remains unclear.