2024 Wuxi stabbing

2024 Wuxi stabbing
Location31°20′28″N 119°49′43″E / 31.3410°N 119.8287°E / 31.3410; 119.8287
Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology, Yixing, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
Date16 November 2024 (2024-11-16)
c. 6:30 p.m. – c. 7:10 p.m. (China Standard Time)
TargetStudents
Attack type
Mass stabbing
WeaponsKnife
Deaths8
Injured17
PerpetratorXu Jiajin
Motive
  • Being owed wages by his employer factory
  • Anger over not receiving graduation certificate

On 16 November 2024, a mass stabbing took place at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in Yixing, China. Eight people were killed, and 17 others were injured. The perpetrator, former student Xu Jiajin, was executed two months later.