Police in central China say an attacker killed eight students and injured two others at an elementary school on the first day of the new semester.

:: Police in central China say an attacker killed eight students and injured two others at an elementary school on the first day of the new semester.

The attack occurred around 8 a.m. Monday in Chaoyangpo village of Enshi city in Hubei province, Enshi police said in a statement.

The suspect is a 40-year-old man surnamed Yu, who is in custody and being investigated. How the children were attacked was not disclosed. The motive for the attack was unclear.

According to the Guangzhou-based Southern Weekly, which cited staff from Hubei prison, the suspect was released last June after serving his sentence for attempted murder.