Crime | China Chinese Farmer Attacks 5 Kids With Hammer China stunned by 3rd school attack in 3 days By Rob Quinn Posted Apr 30, 2010 1:19 AM CDT Copied A knife-wielding man attacked over two dozen children in Taixing, eastern China, yesterday. Authorities, fearing more copycat attacks, are beefing up school security. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Gu Ye) Schools across China are scrambling to beef up security after 5 children were injured in the third school attack in as many days. In the latest tragedy, a farmer used a motorcycle to smash through a gate of a school in Shandong province and then attacked kindergarten students with a hammer, AP reports. He then grabbed two children, poured gasoline on himself, and set himself on fire. The attacker died, but none of the children suffered life-threatening injuries. Twenty-nine children were injured when a knife-wielding man attacked a kindergarten in eastern China yesterday. Read These Next A family hike took a tragic turn in Arkansas on Saturday. Delta pilot arrested moments after landing plane. Kim Jong Un's sister shows up with biting words. Latest hot car death victim was in Alabama state custody. Report an error