Librarian kills one student, injures another

• Source: Global Times
• [17:21 October 21 2010]
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The Library of WUST

A librarian at Wuhan University of Science and Technology (WUST), Peng Chu, attacked two students on the Qingshan campus with a fruit knife Wednesday, killing one of them, and injuring the other. Peng then started to slash himself.

The woman who was killed, 22-year-old Xia Jie, succumbed to her injuries in the hospital and Hu Qi, a male student, is in critical condition.

The 38-year-old Peng was also hospitalized, and is under police supervision. 

One student who witnessed the incident said that there were about 10 students studying in the library on the fifth floor at around 9:00 am, when Peng suddenly started to sing one particular melody over and over again. When some students asked him to stop singing, he took out a fruit knife and slashed Xia and Hu.

According to the local police, both Peng and his sister suffer from a mental illness, but the university apparently had no knowledge of this.

The incident is under investigation.