INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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The attack took place in a school in Beijing (not pictured)
Twenty
primary school students in Beijing have been injured in an attack at their school by a hammer-wielding man, say officials in China.The
attack took place at around 11:00 local time (03:00 GMT) said Beijing's Xicheng district in a statement on social media site Weibo.Three
children were reported to be seriously injured but stable
The alleged attacker has been arrested
It is not clear what motive the suspect might have had
Some reports say he was a former maintenance worker at the school.The attack took place at the Beijing No.1 Affiliated Elementary School of
Xuanwu Normal School, according to state-media outlet the Global Times.The Xicheng district said it would work together with other
government authorities to carry out a full investigation
The attack comes after a Chinese man was executed on Friday for injuring 12 children in a knife attack at a nursery in China
Violent crime is rare in China but there have been several attacks on school children in recent years
