Eight people were killed and 17 others injured in a stabbing attack on a college campus in eastern China on Saturday, police said — the latest in a recent spate of attacks that has shaken a nation long used to low rates of violent crime.

A mass stabbing at the Wuxi Vocational College of Arts and Technology in Jiangsu Province, eastern China, left 8 people dead and 17 wounded. Police apprehended the 21-year-old suspect at the scene, stating he acted out of personal grievances related to failing an exam and not receiving his graduation certificate.

Police say a 21-year-old student went on a stabbing rampage in China's eastern city of Yixing, leaving at least 8 people dead and 17 wounded.