Asian School Stabbings
To place the breaking news of today's school stabbing in context, I have created a summary list of recent Japanese and Chinese stabbings. A significant cluster occurred in China during the last half of 2004.
June 8, 2001 ~ Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
8 dead, 15 injured ~ Osaka school massacre. Armed with a kitchen knife, a 37-year-old former janitor Mamoru Takuma trespassed into Ikeda Elementary School attached to Osaka-Kyoiku University and stabbed school children and teachers. Eight children were killed and 15 wounded, among those were 13 children and two teachers.
June 1, 2004 ~ Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
1 dead ~ An 11-year-old student, identified only as "Girl A," killed, with a knife, a 12-year-old classmate, Satomi Mitarai, at the Okubo Elementary School.
August 4, 2004 ~ Beijing, China
1 dead, 17 injured ~ Xu Heping, a 51-year-old doorman with a history of mental illness, stabbed several students and teachers in Beijing University's Number One Hospital, killing a child and wounding 17 others, 14 of whom were children.
September, 2004 ~ Suzhou, People's Republic of China
28 injured ~ A man armed with a knife and homemade explosives attacked 28 children at a daycare center/kindergarten.
September, 2004 ~ Shandong, China
24 injured ~ A man stabbed 24 children with a knife at a school.
October, 2004 ~ Beijing, China
2 dead ~ A five-year-old boy and his teacher were killed at a Beijing kindergarten by an adult intruder.
November 26, 2004 ~ Ruzhou, Henan, China
8 dead, 4 injured ~ Yan Yanming, 21, an intruder stabbed eight students to death and injured four others at Ruzhou's Number Two High School in the sixth such incident in China in a four month period. The attacker attempted to take his own life after the killings.
February 17, 2005 ~ Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan
1 dead ~ A teacher was stabbed to death and two officials were injured at Chuo Primary School in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture.
May 15, 2007 ~ Maoming, China
2 dead ~ Wu Jianguo, a 17-year-year at Maoming's Number Three Middle School in the Guangdong province killed two classmates.
February 25, 2008 ~ Leizhou, Guangdong, China
3 dead, 4 injured ~ A young man, Chen Wenzhen broke into Leizhou No. 2 Middle School and killed a boy and a girl of Senior Two with a knife and injured four (three students & a teacher) before he stabbed himself and jumped off the fifth floor, dying by suicide.
June 8, 2001 ~ Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
8 dead, 15 injured ~ Osaka school massacre. Armed with a kitchen knife, a 37-year-old former janitor Mamoru Takuma trespassed into Ikeda Elementary School attached to Osaka-Kyoiku University and stabbed school children and teachers. Eight children were killed and 15 wounded, among those were 13 children and two teachers.
June 1, 2004 ~ Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
1 dead ~ An 11-year-old student, identified only as "Girl A," killed, with a knife, a 12-year-old classmate, Satomi Mitarai, at the Okubo Elementary School.
August 4, 2004 ~ Beijing, China
1 dead, 17 injured ~ Xu Heping, a 51-year-old doorman with a history of mental illness, stabbed several students and teachers in Beijing University's Number One Hospital, killing a child and wounding 17 others, 14 of whom were children.
September, 2004 ~ Suzhou, People's Republic of China
28 injured ~ A man armed with a knife and homemade explosives attacked 28 children at a daycare center/kindergarten.
September, 2004 ~ Shandong, China
24 injured ~ A man stabbed 24 children with a knife at a school.
October, 2004 ~ Beijing, China
2 dead ~ A five-year-old boy and his teacher were killed at a Beijing kindergarten by an adult intruder.
November 26, 2004 ~ Ruzhou, Henan, China
8 dead, 4 injured ~ Yan Yanming, 21, an intruder stabbed eight students to death and injured four others at Ruzhou's Number Two High School in the sixth such incident in China in a four month period. The attacker attempted to take his own life after the killings.
February 17, 2005 ~ Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan
1 dead ~ A teacher was stabbed to death and two officials were injured at Chuo Primary School in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture.
May 15, 2007 ~ Maoming, China
2 dead ~ Wu Jianguo, a 17-year-year at Maoming's Number Three Middle School in the Guangdong province killed two classmates.
February 25, 2008 ~ Leizhou, Guangdong, China
3 dead, 4 injured ~ A young man, Chen Wenzhen broke into Leizhou No. 2 Middle School and killed a boy and a girl of Senior Two with a knife and injured four (three students & a teacher) before he stabbed himself and jumped off the fifth floor, dying by suicide.
