Six nurses and one manager killed

Seven people, including six nurses, were stabbed to death at a hospital dormitory in northern China on Thursday (Nov. 20) , the official Xinhua news agency reported, the latest in a string of attacks on medical workers.

A hospital administrator was among those killed and another nurse was seriously injured in the attack, Xinhua said. The hospital is in Beidaihe, a seaside resort close to Beijing favored by senior members of the ruling Communist Party.

Xinhua news agency said the suspect Li Xiaolong is an employee of the same hospital. The suspect was born in 1987 and was treated for mental problems in the past.

Reuters: Ministry data shows that violent attacks directed at doctors and other health care workers in the form of beatings, threats, kidnappings, verbal abuse and murder reached 17,243 cases in 2010, the latest year for which such figures are available.