Eight dead after school knife rampage by student who failed exams

They were just 18, 19-year-old kids. It's such a pity and so sad,

said a man who arrived to lay a bouquet of chrysanthemums near to one of the school gates, giving his surname as Duan

It is important to establish a social safety net and a psychological counselling mechanism, but in order to minimise such cases, the most effective way is to open public channels that can monitor and expose the use of power,

Qu posted on the Chinese social media platform Weibo

We really have to give young people better psychological guidance,

he added

The rich-poor divide is getting bigger and bigger. Everyone must work hard these days to survive,

lamented another on Weibo

What kind of state of despair must these people be in to go to such extremes?"

said one user of the popular X-like site Weibo

Security on campuses must be boosted, along with more education about mental health, so other dramas like these do not happen,

said another user

He returned to the school to express his anger and commit these murders,

police said

According to preliminary investigations, the suspect, surname Xu — male, 21 years old, a 2024 graduate of the college — attacked others after failing an exam and not receiving his graduation certificate, as well as being dissatisfied with his internship compensation,

a statement by the Yixing Public Security Bureau said

Around 6:30 p.m. on November 16, 2024, a stabbing incident that resulted in casualties occurred at Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in Yixing city, causing 8 deaths and injuring another 17, The suspect was apprehended on the scene,

CNN quoted police as saying