Two people have died and seven others are being treated in hospital after being wounded in a knife attack in China’s southwestern Yunnan province on Tuesday. Local officials gave this information. In a statement released on Tuesday evening, Luoping County police said a 20-year-old man with a mental illness attacked his mother at home with a knife and then fled after stabbing eight more people. The suspect surnamed Chen, was arrested by public security personnel after the attack, which took place around 8 a.m. in the county’s Lashan urban residential district.

“The investigation of the case and dealing with its consequences are being done in a systematic and legal manner,” the police said in a statement. Although guns are strictly controlled in China, there have been a large number of stabbing incidents in recent years. Two people have died, and seven others are being treated in hospital after being injured in the attack.

Local officials gave this information. In a statement released on Tuesday evening, Luoping County police said a 20-year-old man with a mental illness attacked his mother at home with a knife and then fled after stabbing eight more people. The suspect surnamed Chen, was arrested by public security personnel after the attack, which took place around 8 a.m. in the county’s Lashan urban residential district. “The investigation of the case and dealing with its consequences are being done in a systematic and legal manner,” the police said in a statement. Although guns are strictly controlled in China, there have been large-scale stabbing incidents in recent years.