UPDATE: (Friday AM) Five people were stabbed to death before the attacker was shot dead by police.
A group of knife-wielding assailants attacked civilians on Fridayin Changsha City, the capital of central China’s Hunan Province.
At least three people are dead.
3 dead in knife attack at market in Changsha, China. one attacker was shot dead by police. (HopeHollenbeck)
The BBC reported:
A knife attack in southern China’s Hunan province has led to a number of casualties, Chinese state media report.
The attack took place on Friday morning on a street in Changsha, Hunan’s provincial capital, Xinhua news agency reported.
Xinhua said one of its reporters saw at least one body at the scene. Officials and police are in attendance.
ABC reported that one person was shot dead after a knife attack that left at least three people dead in a Chinese market.