Seven children and a teacher were hacked to death in an attack on a kindergarten in northwest China on Wednesday. Eleven children and an adult were wounded in the attack that happened at about eight in the morning in Nanzheng County, a rural corner of Shaanxi province, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Two children were in serious condition. Xinhua had earlier reported that six children died. A 48-year-old man entered the classroom with a kitchen cleaver and killed five boys, two girls and their teacher, Xinhua said. The man then returned home and "committed suicide", Xinhua said, citing a statement from the province emergency office. "His motive for the attack was not immediately known."
