BEIJING, April 30 (UPI) -- A man armed with a hammer attacked and injured five children in a pre-school class at an east China school before killing himself Friday, officials said.
It was the latest of several attacks on children at schools in China.
Officials said the man doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire while holding two children, who were pulled away from him by teachers, China's state-run news agency, Xinhua, reported.
The injured children from Shangzhuang Primary School in Weifang were hospitalized in stable condition, officials said.
Earlier this week, a knife-wielding man injured 28 kindergarteners at Taixing in eastern Jiangsu province and another man injured 16 children and a teacher with a knife at a primary school in south China's Guangdong province.
Attacks at other locations occurred earlier in April and in March, officials said.
