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Police in central China's Henan Province on Tuesday caught a man suspected of killing three and injuring 12 others in a knife attack on a bus.
The suspect, identified as Zhou Jiangbo, was caught by police in Xincun Township, Anyang County at about 1 p.m., according to the public security bureau of Anyang City.
Zhou, 24, from Neihuang County, has a crew cut hairstyle.
Police had previously offered an award of 100,000 yuan (16,000 U.S. dollars) for tips leading to the arrest of the suspect.
The government of Anyang City confirmed on Tuesday that the youngest of the three dead was a 10-month-old baby girl. The other victims killed in the attack were two boys, aged 10 and 18.
They were among 15 passengers assaulted by the knife-wielding man on a bus en route to Beiguo Township, Anyang County on Monday afternoon.
The incident happened at about 3:05 p.m. Monday, when 33 passengers were on the bus.
Two of the victims died on the way to the hospital. Another victim died in hospital on Tuesday morning.
Sources from the Anyang City People's Hospital and the Anyang County No.2 People's Hospital said victims ranging in age from 18 to 67 remain in treatment.
Among the 12 injured, five were in critical condition. A 53-year-old man was stabbed in the heart and was in a life-threatening condition, said Deng Jiao, an official with the Anyang municipal health bureau.
"I saw a man trying to snatch the steering wheel from the driver and suddenly the bus collided head-on with a truck," said Li Pan, 18, who was inside the bus when the attack happened.
"After the collision, the man stabbed anybody he could see in the bus with a long knife," she said. "I did not know how I fainted."
"The man did not say a word in the whole process. He was calm and sober," said Wang Ping, 42, who was stabbed in his left shoulder.
Zhou Jiangbo did not ask for money during the attack, according to several witnesses.
The reason behind Zhou's attack is still under investigation.
