A stabbing incident outside a school in Wuxi, a city in eastern China, has left at least eight people dead and 17 others injured, local authorities confirmed. The attack occurred on Saturday evening at the Wuxi Yixing Arts and Crafts Vocational and Technical College,

Police are investigating whether the suspect, believed to be a recent graduate, carried out the attack after he failed an exam and was denied a graduation certificate

Police revealed that the attacker, a recent graduate, was motivated by frustration over failing exams, not receiving a graduation certificate, and dissatisfaction with internship pay.