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Two killed, 21 hurt in China knife attack: Reports

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A knife attack at a hospital in southwest China has left two people dead and 21 others wounded. (AP PHOTO)
Camera IconA knife attack at a hospital in southwest China has left two people dead and 21 others wounded. (AP PHOTO) Credit: AP

Two people have been killed and 21 wounded in a knife attack at a hospital in southwest China's Yunnan province, media reported, citing police.

The stabbing occurred on Tuesday morning and the suspect was a local male villager, according to the report by the official digital media centre of Yunnan's Zhenxiong county.

The wounded have been taken to hospital and the case is being investigated, the report added.

A witness told Red Star News, an online outlet, that he had narrowly escaped the attack and that a doctor or doctors were among the injured.

Video from the witness showed people who were bleeding and had fallen to the ground, and one older person trying to help another, the Red Star social media post said.

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