Chenpeng Village Primary School stabbing
On 14 December 2012 between 7 and 8 a.m. local time, a 36-year-old villager identified as Min Yongjun stabbed 24 people, including 23 children and an elderly woman, in a knife attack at Chenpeng Village Primary School (simplified Chinese: 陈棚村完全小学; traditional Chinese: 陳棚村完全小學; pinyin: Chénpéng Cūn Wánquán Xiǎoxué), Wenshu Township, Guangshan County, Henan province, China. The children targeted by the knifeman are thought likely to be between six and eleven years of age. The attack occurred as the children were arriving for classes probably at 8:00 or maybe even 9:00.
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Footage of the attack significantly contributed to wide-spread news coverage | |
| Location | Chenpeng (simplified Chinese: 陈棚村; traditional Chinese: 陳棚村; pinyin: Chénpéng-cūn), Wenshu Township, Guangshan County, Henan, China |
| Coordinates | 31°55′27.19″N 114°46′4.58″E |
| Date | 14 December 2012 Reported to police at 07:40 Beijing Time (GMT+8) |
| Target | Students and an elderly woman |
Attack type | Mass stabbing, attempted pedicide, school attack |
| Weapons | Kitchen knife |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 24 |
| Perpetrator | Min Yongjun |
The incident has followed other school attacks in China since 2010 by mentally disturbed perpetrators involved in personal disputes or unhappy with the rapid changes occurring in Chinese society. Security guards had been posted at schools across China, with all schools to have a security guard by 2013.