At least 20 children injured as man attacks primary school in Beijing

Beijing: Twenty pupils at a Beijing primary school were wounded on Tuesday in an attack that police said had left at least three seriously injured.

The attack happened at Xuanwu Normal Experimental Affiliated Number One Primary School in Beijing's Xicheng district just after 1115 hrs, local police said on their official Weibo account, state news agency Xinhua reported.

The police statement added that the three most seriously wounded pupils were in a stable condition, but their injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.(UNI)