Two killed and 16 injured in mass stabbing at a kindergarten in China.

 

Beiliu in China, is where the stabbing occurred. BBC. 

Two children were murdered and 16 other people were injured in a mass stabbing at a kindergarten in China. BBC. The victims were 16 students and 2 teachers. The attacker was a 24 year old man and police have not released a motive for the attack. China has had a long history of mass stabbings targeting school children and the attackers have mostly been people who are mentally ill or seeking some kind of revenge. 

ABC is reporting that the attacker was going through a divorce with one of the teachers who worked at the school. The attacker also timed his attack to coincide with the schools naptime. 

My Comment:

Horrible story out of China and one that proves that school attacks are not just an American phenomenon. China has had a long history of these kinds of attacks and this is just the latest of the trend. Thankfully only two children died but I am guessing that the injured children will be effected for life. 

I think the main reason that China has these kinds of attacks is the same reason that America has mass shootings. When one of these attacks happens media gives it wide coverage and that inspires copycats. In the United States we had a wave of copycat attacks after Atlanta spa shootings this year, and I am guessing that the same thing is happening in China. When you have some loser that is angry at the world they will look at the media coverage as inspiration.

I also think that China's spate of mass stabbings at schools shows that gun control doesn't work. Violence doesn't go away just because you ban guns. People will always find a way to cause massive violence if the will and desire is there. 

With that being said I do think that China's mass stabbing problem is a very disturbing one. It takes a very sick person to try and stab a bunch of kindergartners. And it's an ongoing problem too. It's even worse in my opinion than a mass shooting as at least with a shooting you are somewhat distant to your victims. To pull off this kind of crime you have to be both sick and evil. 

I don't know what China could do to prevent these kinds of crimes. I think there are always going to be people out there that want to cause violence and death and China probably isn't going to be the country that will solve that problem. I would suggest arming teachers but given how afraid of guns China's government seems to be I don't think that will happen anytime soon.