By Kato Jamil
Grief and sorrow engulfed a vocational training school in Eastern China following the death of eight students.
CNN reported that a 21-year-old student at Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology stormed the school and attacked fellow students.
According to the police, eight people were killed and 17 others wounded in the Saturday, November 16, knife attack.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the suspect, who was meant to graduate this year, acted in anger after failing his exams.
“He returned to the school to express his anger and commit these murders. Was motivated by “failing (an) exam, not receiving a graduation certificate, and dissatisfaction with internship compensation,” police said, adding that the suspect had confessed.
Videos from the scene showed several people lying motionless on the ground, some of them surrounded by onlookers as screams are heard in the background.
It offers courses in art, design, ceramics, and fashion, among others.
In Yixing, police said emergency services were fully mobilised to treat the wounded and provide follow-up care for those affected by the attack.
What were Shiners Boys students fighting for?
Back in Kenya, Shiners Boys High School was thrown into mourning following the death of a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidate, who a fellow student stabbed.
The tragic incident occurred on Saturday, November 9, as reported by Gilgil Sub-County Police Commander Winstone Mwakio.
According to Mwakio, the suspect was one of four students recently allowed back to school to sit for their exams after a suspension because of disciplinary issues.
The altercation reportedly began when the suspect and victim discovered their belongings damaged upon their return to the institution, reigniting past tensions.
Following the altercation, the prime suspect fled, allegedly taking with him the knife used in the stabbing.
