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January 23, 2021
Police respond to an attack at a middle school in Kunming on Friday.
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A police sniper shot dead a knife-wielding man holding a boy hostage at a school in southwestern China on Friday.
The man had earlier stabbed several pupils at the school in Kunming, Yunnan province, police said in a short statement.
Seven people were wounded in the attack and were being treated in hospital.
The police did not disclose any other fatalities, or the name of the attacker.
“The investigation of the case is being carried out urgently,” police said.
Footage released by police showed the middle-aged man shot in the head by a sniper as he held a knife to the child’s neck at the entrance to the Experimental Middle School affiliated with Yunnan Normal University.
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Footage widely circulated on Chinese social media shows the shot being fired at the knife-wielding attacker, who was holding a schoolboy hostage, in the head.
A group of police officers rushed to rescue the abducted pupil and surround the assailant after he was killed.
The suspect was identified as a 56-year-old local male resident, known by his surname Wang, according to an official statement.
At about 6.40pm, the suspect was shot and killed. The hostage was rescued without injuries
Wang killed one person and injured seven before the hostage took place at around 5pm on Friday outside the Experimental Middle School of Yunnan Normal University, the officials said.