Six police dead in knife attack in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, July 2 (Xinhua) -- One more policeman, who was injured in a knife attack on Tuesday in Shanghai, died of injuries on Wednesday, bringing the death toll from the incident to six.

The suspect, surnamed Yang, stabbed a security guard at a police branch in the Zhabei district of Shanghai on Tuesday morning with a knife, and then charged into the building and attacked nine officers.

Five police officers died of their injuries on Tuesday and the others were sent to hospital.

SHANGHAI, July 1 (Xinhua) -- A man from Beijing stabbed five policemen to death in Shanghai on Tuesday in an attack meant as revenge for an interrogation last year, police sources said.

The suspect, surnamed Yang, stabbed a security guard at a police branch in the Zhabei district of Shanghai at 9:40 a.m. with a knife and started a fire at the gate of the facility. Full story

SHANGHAI, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has sent its condolence to the families of five policemen stabbed to death by a Beijing man on Tuesday, according to the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau website on Wednesday.

The message of condolence was sent around 6 p.m. Tuesday to the Shanghai municipal bureau to extend its sympathy and solicitude to the families.