Knife attack kills two, wounds 21 at southwest China hospital

07 May 2024 - 11:40
By Reuters
Twenty-one people were wounded in a deadly knife attack at a hospital in southwest China's Yunnan province. File photo.
Image: REUTERS/Tingshu Wang Twenty-one people were wounded in a deadly knife attack at a hospital in southwest China's Yunnan province. File photo.

Two people were killed and 21 wounded in a knife attack at a hospital in southwest China's Yunnan province on Tuesday, media reported, citing police.

The stabbing occurred at 11.37am (0337 GMT) and the suspect was a local male villager, according to the report by the official digital media centre of Yunnan's Zhenxiong county.

The wounded have been taken to hospital and the case is being investigated, the report added.