22 school kids wounded in knife attack

The attack takes place at a primary school in Henan province, state media report Police say they have detained a 36-year-old local resident China was hit by a spate of knife and cleaver attacks on school children in 2010 (CNN) -- Twenty-two primary school children have been wounded in a knife attack in central China, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported Friday. The attack took place Friday morning at the entrance to the Chenpeng Village Primary School in Henan province, Xinhua said, citing local authorities. A local resident was also wounded in the attack, it said. Police say they have detained a suspect, a 36-year-old village resident, the agency reported. China was hit by a spate of knife and cleaver attacks on school children in 2010, some of them fatal. A number of measures were introduced at the time, including increased security at schools across the country and a regulation requiring people to register with their national ID cards when buying large knives.