Fatal end to knife brawl as China suffers another violent incident

A knife-wielding brawl in the southwestern province of Sichuan ended with the fatal stabbing of a man, in China’s third deadly episode in recent days.

According to Chengdu police, a 35-year-old man surnamed Zhu stabbed a man on Monday afternoon after a traffic dispute. The victim died despite medical treatment.

Zhu has been placed under criminal detention for further investigation, police said.

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On Tuesday morning, several students were injured in front of a primary school in Changde in Hunan province, according to state broadcaster CCTV. Casualties are still unknown.

The incident follows the death of eight people in a knife attack on Saturday at a college in Yixing in the eastern province of Jiangsu.

That attack took place just days after a car rammed into crowds of people exercising at a stadium in Zhuhai in Guangdong province, killing at least 35 and injuring 43, raising concerns over social stability.