Global InformationChenpeng Village Primary School stabbing information
| Chenpeng Village Primary School stabbing | |
|---|---|
 Footage of the attack significantly contributed to wide-spread news coverage | |
| Location | Chenpeng (simplified Chinese: 陈棚村; traditional Chinese: 陳棚村; pinyin: Chénpéng-cūn), Wenshu Township, Guangshan County, Henan, China |
| Coordinates | 31°55′27.19″N 114°46′4.58″E / 31.9242194°N 114.7679389°E |
| Date | 14 December 2012 Reported to police at 07:40 [1] Beijing Time (GMT+8) |
| Target | Students and an elderly woman |
Attack type | Mass stabbing, attempted pedicide, school attack |
| Weapons | Kitchen knife |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 24 |
| Perpetrator | Min Yongjun |
On 14 December 2012 between 7 and 8 a.m. local time, a 36-year-old villager identified as Min Yongjun[2] stabbed 24 people, including 23 children and an elderly woman,[3] in a knife attack at Chenpeng Village Primary School (simplified Chinese: 陈棚村完全小学; traditional Chinese: 陳棚村完全小學; pinyin: Chénpéng Cūn Wánquán Xiǎoxué[note 1]), Wenshu Township, Guangshan County, Henan province, China.[1][4][5][6] The children targeted by the knifeman are thought likely to be between six and eleven years of age. The attack occurred as the children were arriving for classes probably at 8:00 or maybe even 9:00.[5]
The incident has followed other school attacks in China since 2010 by mentally disturbed perpetrators involved in personal disputes or unhappy with the rapid changes occurring in Chinese society.[4] Security guards had been posted at schools across China,[5][7] with all schools to have a security guard by 2013.[8]
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- ^ a b "Man Stabs 22 Children in China". The New York Times. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ a b c "China stabbing spree hurts 22 schoolchildren". CBC News. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "China: Children Hurt in School Knife Attack". Sky News. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "China deploys security guards in schools to avoid bloodbath repeat". Thaindian.com. 1 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ "China to deploy more security guards at schools - Thaindian News". Thaindian.com. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
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