Chinese police say eight people have been killed and 17 others injured in a stabbing attack at a vocational school in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi.

Eight people were killed and 17 others injured in a stabbing attack on a college campus in eastern China on Saturday, police said — the latest in a recent spate of attacks that has shaken a nation long used to low rates of violent crime.

The suspect is a 21-year-old student from the Professional Institute of Art and Technology in the city of Wuxi. At least eight people have died and 17 have been injured in a knife attack at a vocational school carried out by a 21-year-old student in the eastern city of Wuxi,