Κίνα: 36χρονος τραυμάτισε με μαχαίρι 22 μαθητές και έναν ενήλικα

epa02877954 Kindergarten students practice writing during a class in Dongba Experimental School, a school for children of migrant workers on the outskirts of Beijing, where the school term has started early as a forced closure looms in China on 23 August 2011. The Dongba Experimental School is one of more than 20 schools for children of migrant workers that were deemed 'unsafe' that has been ordered to shut down by the authorities in Beijing, forcing thousands of students to scramble for alternative schools. The school, which has been operating for the past 11 years, started its new term two weeks earlier than usual in a bid to prevent the school from being demolished. Yang Qin, the school's principal, said local officials have even gone as far as to stop their water and electricity supply, forcing the school to rent a generator and and transport water using a water cart from parents' homes in the neighbourhood. Embittered parents cite long distances and the lack of transport for alternative schools and many even face the grim prospect of separating from their children and sending them back to schools in their hometowns in other provinces. Some have taken on a wait and see attitude hoping the school will not be closed down while others have asked the school to refund school fees of 800 RMB (86euros) for the term. Migrant workers in Chinese cities are generally poorly educated and are subjected to various difficulties of low pay, inadequate social security, and discrimination, mainly due to a hereditary household registration or 'hukou' system that divides the population into urban and rural residents and limits migrants access to urban services like state education. EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG (File: INT10292176.jpg )