Kaiyuan stabbing attack

Kaiyuan stabbing attack
Location	Kaiyuan, Liaoning, China
Date	27 December 2020 8:15 a.m.
Target	Civilian passersby
Attack type	Mass stabbing
Deaths	7
Injured	7
Accused	Yang Moufeng

On 27 December 2020, a man stabbed fourteen people in Kaiyuan, Liaoning, China, killing seven.^[1][2]

Attack

Seven people were killed and seven others injured in a mass stabbing attack near a school in Kaiyuan, in Liaoning province. As the school was closed at the time of the incident, no students or teachers were hurt. The victims were all passersby, mainly middle-aged or elderly women. The attacker then stabbed and wounded a policeman before being arrested.^[3] The suspect, identified as Yang Moufeng, is a man in his sixties.^[4]

References

1. "China: Police arrest suspect in stabbing attack in Kaiyuan City, Liaoning Province, the morning of Dec. 27". GardaWorld. Garda. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
2. "Seven killed in random stabbing attack outside Chinese school". NY Post. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
3. Seven killed in knife attack in China's Liaoning province
4. Knife-wielding man kills 7 in 'random' attack in northeast China