Eight people were killed and more than 20 injured on Tuesday when a man with a knife hijacked a bus and drove it into traffic in a southeastern Chinese city, according to state media reports.

据官方媒体报道，周二，在中国东南部一座城市，一男子持刀劫持公交车，然后冲撞街道行人，导致数人死亡，20多人受伤。

The attack happened around 3 p.

m.

in the city of Longyan in Fujian Province.

The Beijing News, a government-run paper, quoted a witness who said the bus had run into three motor scooters, a taxi and a car.

袭击大约发生在下午3点，地点是福建省龙岩市。

官方媒体 新京报　引述一名证人的话称，该公交车撞向三辆摩托车、一辆出租车和一辆轿车。

On Chinese social media, several graphic videos of the aftermath showed bodies splayed across the street amid auto wreckage, some of which was pinned beneath the bus.

在中国的社交媒体上，事发后的几条现场视频显示，尸体摊在街头，周围是被撞毁的汽车，有些尸体被压在公交车下面。

One video showed a man being wrestled to the ground by several police officers, and the state news media said a suspect had been taken into custody.

CCTV, China’s state broadcaster, said the suspect was an unemployed man who is believed to have lashed out over a dispute with local government officials.

一条视频显示，一名男子被几名警察按倒在地，官方媒体称一名嫌犯已被拘押。

中国官方电视台中央电视台称，该嫌犯系一无业游民，据信与当地政府官员因矛盾发生争执。

The state-run People’s Daily said the man had used a knife to take control of the bus before driving it into vehicles and pedestrians.

The bus has a central route through the city of more than two million people, passing government buildings and a major commercial area.

官方的 人民日报　称，该男子持刀控制了公交车，随后开车撞向其他车辆和行人。

公交车沿中央路线穿过这座人口逾200万的城市，途径政府大楼和一片主要商业区。

Some social media users expressed shock that such a thing had happened in Longyan, a quiet, relatively small city.

对于宁静的、相对较小的龙岩发生这样的事情，一些社交媒体用户表示震惊。

Knife attacks are not unusual in China, where guns are tightly regulated.

In June, two children were killed in a knife attack in Shanghai, and in October, more than a dozen kindergartners were wounded by a knife-wielding woman in the southwestern city of Chongqing.

在枪支受到严格管制的中国，持刀攻击并不罕见。

6月份，上海的一次持刀攻击造成两名儿童丧生;10月，在西南城市重庆，一名妇女持刀行凶导致十几名幼儿园学生受伤。

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