Chinese man kills 4 children

A MAN in central China kidnapped five children from a park over the weekend, led them to a storage room and stabbed four of them to death.

It was the latest in a series of violent assaults on children in China — often involving people with suspected psychiatric problems — which experts have blamed on rapid social change as the country’s economy booms.

According to the Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, the man grabbed the children from a park in Shenqiu county and took them to a nearby storage room.

A government official said the suspect killed four of the children and seriously wounded another.

The suspect has already been detained by police.