Parents gather at an entrance gate to the Beijing No. 1 Affiliated Elementary School of Xuanwu Normal School following an attack in Beijing, China, Jan. 8, 2019
Twenty primary school students in Beijing have been injured in an attack at their school by an unidentified man.
The attack took place at around 11:00 local time said Beijing's Xicheng district in a statement on Weibo.
Three children were reported to be seriously injured but stable. The alleged attacker has been arrested. It is not clear what motive the suspect might have had.
The attack which took place at the Beijing No.1 Affliated Elementary School of Xuanwu Normal School, was carried out with a hammer. The Xicheng district said it would work together with other government authorities to carry out a full investigation.
A man rides with a student pass crime scene investigators as they leave the Beijing No. 1 Affiliated Elementary School of Xuanwu Normal School in Beijing, Jan. 8, 2019
The attack comes a day after a Chinese man was put to death for injuring 12 children in a knife attack at a nursery in China.