6 children, teacher hacked to death in China school

Six children and a teacher were hacked to death in an attack on a kindergarten in northwest China on Wednesday, the latest in a string of assaults on children that has stoked public alarm about the government's grip on safety.

At least 20 children were also wounded in the attack that happened at about eight in the morning in Nanzheng County, a rural corner of Shaanxi province, the official Xinhua news agency reported. (Reuters)