Chinese man commits suicide after killing two children

A Chinese man killed two children and injured three others before committing suicide in China's southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

The incident took place last night when the man attacked several people with a knife in the village of Ganluotun in Liujiang County, killing a four-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl.

The man also injured a nine-year-old girl and two women. He then committed suicide in the house of one of the victims.

The condition of the two was stated to be critical with others recovering in the hospital, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.