BEIJING - A janitor wielding a kitchen knife August 7 stabbed 15 children and three teachers at a kindergarten in the Chinese capital. At least one child was killed and many of the others were severely wounded.

The janitor, named as Xu Heping, 51, put up a fight before he was subdued by eight police who had rushed to the kindergarten affiliated to the Beijing University No. 1 Hospital.

China Central Television (CCTV) reported that the incident was "the worst attacks on children in the capital in decades".

One child and a teacher who sustained serious neck wounds were in critical condition.

A reporter from Xinhua news agency said he saw "children covered in blood and with horrified expressions" at a hospital emergency room doorway. The children were aged five and six.

"All medical experts in the hospital were called on to try to save the seriously wounded," the agency said.

The attacker's motive was not known.

(Star News)