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A man in southern China allegedly went on a stabbing spree Wednesday, wounding 15 students and a teacher in the second such attack that the country has experienced in less than six weeks.

While no motive was known in the latest attack, the attacks have highlighted how China handles the mentally ill, which often receive no treatment.

The attack took place at the Leicheng No. 1 Primary School in the city of Leizhou Wednesday afternoon after a man armed with a knife entered the school, according to a statement released by the local government. The suspected attacker was apprehended by police and the victims were taken to the hospital, where they were reported to be in stable condition Wednesday evening.

The suspect was identified as Chen Kangbing, 33, a former primary-school teacher from Baisha town in Leizhou, who had been on sick leave since February 2006, and police were investigating the motives for the crime, according to the statement.

Officers at the local police station and public security bureau in Leizhou declined to comment on the incident.

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The latest attack occurred on the same day that China executed the perpetrator of another recent school stabbing spree in eastern China's Fujian province. Zheng Minsheng, 42, a former doctor who knifed eight children to death on March 23, was convicted three weeks ago and put to death on Wednesday, Xinhua reported. State media previously reported that Zheng had a history of mental illness.

As many as 173 million Chinese adults suffer from mental disorders and the vast majority of them have never received treatment, according to a study conducted by Columbia University researchers and doctors at major Chinese psychiatric hospitals published in the Lancet in June. There is a shortage of adequate treatment facilities and mental illness is subject to heavy social stigma.

Violent crime sprees remain relatively rare in China, but a rising number of reports of multiple murders have focused attention on the underlying factors that spur attackers, which in addition to mental illness include unemployment and other social and economic problems. Access to firearms is strictly controlled in China, so most attacks have involved knives. 标题：中国再曝校园血案 十余名学生教师被砍伤

周三，广东省湛江雷州市雷城第一小学再曝校园惨案，一名男子持刀砍伤15名学生和1名教师，这是在不到六周时间里中国发生的第二起校园血案.

虽然此次行凶动机尚不清楚，但这些暴力事件将中国如何对待精神病患者的问题置于聚光灯下. 在中国，这些病人通常得不到任何治疗.

地方政府发布的公告显示，周三下午，一名持刀男子冲进雷州市雷城第一小学，他在砍伤多人后被警方制服，伤员被送往医院急救. 据报导，截至周三晚间伤者状态平稳.

公告称，嫌犯是现年33岁的陈康炳，他在2006年2月办理病休前一直是雷州市白沙镇洪富小学公办教师，目前警方正在对他的作案动机进行调查.

当地派出所警官和雷州市负责公共安全的官员据拒绝就此发表评论.

就在这起血案发生的当日，中国政府处决了上一起校园惨案的凶手郑民生. 新华社报导，3月23日，现年42岁的郑民生持刀刺死了福建南平实验小学的八名小学生，他在三周前被判处死刑，周三执行. 郑民生曾是一位医生，国有媒体此前报导他有精神病史.

哥伦比亚大学研究员和中国主要精神病医院的医生共同在医学杂志《柳叶刀》(The Lancet) 6月刊上发表研究报告称，中国多达1.73亿成年人受到精神疾病的困扰，他们当中绝大多数从未接受任何治疗. 在中国，用于精神病治疗的医护设施短缺，而且精神病患者会受到严重的社会歧视.

相对而言，严重暴力犯罪在中国还较为罕见，但随着对多重凶杀案的报导增多，人们也开始关注凶手行凶背后的诱因，除了精神疾病外，促使他们行凶的因素还有失业及其他社会和经济问题. 中国严格管控枪支持有，因此大多数袭击事件的凶器都是刀具.