Knife-wielding man kills three in work dispute in China

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A knife-wielding man killed three people and injured four in central China on Thursday following a work dispute, police said, the latest in a series of knife attacks in the country.

A 40-year-old worker named Wang Xiang slashed three people with a kitchen knife at an office in the city of Wuhan and then fled by car, hitting four bystanders at an intersection.

"Police were immediately dispatched to the scene, where they decisively opened fire, hitting Wang who was then subdued," Wuhan police said in an official microblog post.

Three people died of their wounds and four were receiving treatment. The attack was under investigation, police said, without giving further details.

The official Xinhua news agency said Wang had just been fired.

(CGTN)