By CNN Staff
updated 1:14 AM EST, Fri December 14, 2012
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- The attack takes place at a primary school in Henan province, state media report
- Police say they have detained a 36-year-old local resident
- China was hit by a spate of knife and cleaver attacks on school children in 2010
(CNN) -- Twenty-two primary school children have been wounded in a knife attack in central China, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported Friday.
The attack took place Friday morning at the entrance to the Chenpeng Village Primary School in Henan province, Xinhua said, citing local authorities.
A local resident was also wounded in the attack, it said.
Police say they have detained a suspect, a 36-year-old village resident, the agency reported.
China was hit by a spate of knife and cleaver attacks on school children in 2010, some of them fatal.
A number of measures were introduced at the time, including increased security at schools across the country and a regulation requiring people to register with their national ID cards when buying large knives.
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