At least 11 people are dead with 13 injured after a bus rammed into a crowd of students at the gate of a middle school in east China's Shandong province police said on Tuesday.
The rental bus, hired for student transport, "lost control" and crashed into pedestrians at approximately 7:30 a.m., according to the authorities. The police have confirmed that among the injured, one person remains in critical condition, while the others are stable.
The bus driver has been detained and an investigation has been initiated into the cause of the accident, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
It is not clear if the incident is an accident or an intentional attack on children.
Attacks on kindergarten schools by “disgruntled elements” are common in China.
In June, a man launched an attack at a school bus stop in Jiangsu province, killing one person and injuring two others.
In March, a man in Dezhou city of Shandong province drove into a crowd outside a local junior school, killing two pedestrians and severely injuring six people.
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