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| 2019 Beijing school attack | |
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| Location | 39°52′31″N 116°21′46″E / 39.875372°N 116.362667°E Xuanwu Normal Experimental Affiliated No. 1 Primary School, Beijing, China |
| Date | January 8, 2019 c. 11:17 a.m. (CST; UTC+08:00) |
| Target | Students |
Attack type | Bludgeoning |
| Weapon | Hammer |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 20 |
| Perpetrator | Jia |
| Motive | Job loss |
On January 8, 2019, a school attack occurred at Xuanwu Normal Experimental Affiliated No. 1 Primary School in Beijing, China. A 49-year-old man attacked children with a hammer. Twenty people were injured.
Incident
[edit]The attack happened around 11:17 a.m. The attacker, 49-year-old Jia, used the hammer that he usually used at work. During the break between classes, he started hitting students with the hammer on the first-floor stairs. The perpetrator was detained at the scene.[1][2][3][4]
In a video shared on Chinese social media, staff members were seen trying to explain the incident to worried parents.[4]
Victims
[edit]Twenty children were hurt. Out of those, three were badly injured, but they are in stable condition. All the hurt students were hospitalized. Also, all the victims were second graders.[1][2][3][5]
Perpetrator
[edit]The perpetrator was a man named Jia,[a] 49 at the time of the attack. He came from the northern province of Heilongjiang. He was a maintenance worker sent to work at the school. Jia's contract was ending in January, and the company did not renew it.[1][2][3]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ Jia is his last name.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Beijing school attacker injures 20 children". BBC. January 8, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Man attacks 20 children with hammer at primary school in China's capital Beijing". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. January 8, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Suspect in Beijing School Attack Identified". Sixth Tone. January 8, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2026.
- 1 2 "20 school children in China injured in attack". ABC News (United States). January 9, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2026.
- ↑ "20 injured in Beijing school attack". Azerbaijan State News Agency. January 8, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2026.