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Police warn of knife violence
Created: 2008-11-14 0:18:25
Author:Yang Lifei
BEIJING police have started a campaign against contraband knives being taken on to school campuses in the wake of a series of deadly fights involving armed students across the country.
In cooperation with Beijing's education authority, police officers visited all schools from primary to the university level to show students what knives are banned and the harm they can do to people and society, according to Beijing Times.
Students were encouraged to turn in contraband knives and provide tips to police. The operation will also crack down on the sale of contraband knives around schools, the paper said yesterday.
According to Chinese law, those who produce, sell or carry a contraband knife will be held in custody for a maximum of 15 days and fined up to 200 yuan (US$29.30).
Daggers and flick knives with a blade 10 centimeters or longer are banned. Other knives with blades measuring 12 centimeters or longer are also on the contraband list.
Police told the newspaper that six people have been killed and 13 injured in knife attacks on campuses this year across the country.
The latest campus violence in Beijing occurred on October 28 at the China University of Political Science and Law. A student named Fu Chengli stabbed a 43-year-old professor twice with a kitchen knife. The teacher died in hospital.
On September 18, a student was killed in a fight at the China University of Information in Beijing. On the same day, two students fought at the China University of Petroleum. One suffered stab wounds to the head and neck.
In cooperation with Beijing's education authority, police officers visited all schools from primary to the university level to show students what knives are banned and the harm they can do to people and society, according to Beijing Times.
Students were encouraged to turn in contraband knives and provide tips to police. The operation will also crack down on the sale of contraband knives around schools, the paper said yesterday.
According to Chinese law, those who produce, sell or carry a contraband knife will be held in custody for a maximum of 15 days and fined up to 200 yuan (US$29.30).
Daggers and flick knives with a blade 10 centimeters or longer are banned. Other knives with blades measuring 12 centimeters or longer are also on the contraband list.
Police told the newspaper that six people have been killed and 13 injured in knife attacks on campuses this year across the country.
The latest campus violence in Beijing occurred on October 28 at the China University of Political Science and Law. A student named Fu Chengli stabbed a 43-year-old professor twice with a kitchen knife. The teacher died in hospital.
On September 18, a student was killed in a fight at the China University of Information in Beijing. On the same day, two students fought at the China University of Petroleum. One suffered stab wounds to the head and neck.
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