Eight killed and 17 injured in knife attack at school in China

The attack happened in the city of Yixing, in China’s Jiangsu province (Alamy/PA)

Eight people were killed and 17 others injured in a stabbing attack at a vocational school in the eastern city of Yixing on Saturday night, local police said.

The attack occurred at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology at around 6.30pm local time on Saturday, the Yixing police said in a statement.