Several children injured in vehicle collision at school gate in China’s Hunan

Numerous children were injured when a vehicle struck them at the entrance of Yong’an Elementary School in Changde, central China’s Hunan province, on Tuesday morning, as reported by Associated Press.
The incident occurred around 8 am as students were arriving for classes. Details remain scarce, and it is unclear whether the vehicle lost control or if the incident was intentional.
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Chinese schools have been subject to numerous attacks by people armed with knives or using vehicles as weapons.
A stabbing attack at a vocational school in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi on Saturday left eight people dead and 17 others injured.
That came shortly after a man drove his car into people at a sports facility in the southern city of Zhuhai, leaving 35 people dead and 43 others injured, AP reported.
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In September, a knife attack at a supermarket in Shanghai left three people dead and 15 others injured. Police reported that the suspect, motivated by personal financial disputes, had come to Shanghai to “vent his anger.” In a separate incident, a Japanese schoolboy was fatally stabbed while on his way to school in the southern city of Shenzhen.
(With inputs from AP)